placeless
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
Entrepreneurs really are building an alternative financial system using blockchain technology, buying and selling virtual real estate, and trying to figure out how a placeless, stateless system might govern itself.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
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
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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