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textless

  • a word derived from text.
    text
    noun
    the main body of matter in a manuscript, book, newspaper, etc., as distinguished from notes, appendixes, headings, illustrations, etc.

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That same spot, reserved by Rivera to showcase his artists' work, now features art by Johnny Jewel of the Chromatics: a textless image of a multicolored keyboard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2015

In one angelic episode, a splendid boy soprano, Leif Christian Pedersen, sang tender, textless melodic lines.

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2015

In the imagination, the straight lines of latitude or longitude on its textless version sometimes meet at one's own, sometimes at MIA, and sometimes in Panama.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2011

It's not an image of "sky," but a textless photo essay on the artist's familiarity with this sky.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2011

No adult is needed to explain these textless jokes about pigs who put on elaborate evening wear and then head for mud, or about a venal fox who sells fur coats that are still alive.

From Time Magazine Archive