faceless

American  

[feys-lis] / ˈfeɪs lɪs /

adjective

1. without a face.

   a faceless apparition.

2. lacking personal distinction or identity.

   a faceless mob.

3. unidentified or unidentifiable; concealing one's identity.

   a faceless kidnapper.

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faceless British  

/ ˈfeɪslɪs /

adjective

1. without a face

2. without identity; anonymous

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Other Word Forms

• facelessness noun

Etymology

Origin of faceless

First recorded in 1560–70; face + -less

Example Sentences

Fans follow athletes, not faceless national delegations, and they crave story lines: the comeback, the last shot, the breakthrough.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some noncoastal ad firms as a result are more aggressively pitching themselves as the friendly antithesis to faceless, famous agencies, now embracing rather than apologizing for their lack of metropolitan elitism.

From The Wall Street Journal

To him we’d never be anything but a faceless, soulless pack of workers.

From Literature

His latest show, “Liminals,” opened last week in a former power plant in Berlin and includes a film of a faceless person navigating mysterious voids.

From The Wall Street Journal

The room where they meet is a simple space in a faceless hospital but in the corner, there's a pile of boardgames on a chair.

From BBC

Related Words

• forgettable
• nameless