tintless
Americanadjective
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I made myself gardener of some tintless flowers that grew between its closely-ranked shrubs; I cleared away the relics of past autumns, choking up a rustic seat at the far end.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
The elder was grey and tintless as her life,—harsh wisdom wrung from sad experience ever on lips thin and tight, as though from habitually repressing every desire.
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
Antique art is in the first place purely linear art, colourless, tintless, without light and shade; next, it is essentially the art of the isolated figure, without background, grouping, or perspective.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various
A little tinge of color crept over Julia's tintless face as she told Pellet he might go.
From The Doctor's Dilemma by Hesba Stretton
It can be tinted to the taste of the purchaser; but, as a rule, a tintless crystal is preferred.
From Across the Zodiac by Percy Greg
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