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placeless

British  
/ ˈpleɪsˌlɪs /

adjective

  1. not rooted in a specific place or community

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There’s no room for humans in these pictures, but that’s essentially true of all the placeless places illustrated in this show.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2023

Meanwhile, the shadowy sets and placeless glamour evoke the broader tradition of German Expressionist-influenced sci-fi noir, in the vein of Brazil or City of Lost Children.

From The Verge ● May 30, 2022

As a building, I find the tower more appealing from a distance than I do at ground level, where a recent lobby renovation has left the ground floor feeling placeless and anodyne.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2020

It also nudges its placeless postmodernity toward an earthier kind of global cosmopolitanism: less skiing with penguins in malls and more chance meetings with handsome motorcyclists and bohemian musician types.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2020

That thing was bodiless, blind to sunlight, a creature of a lightless, placeless, timeless realm.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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