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as in boring
lacking in distinctive features or qualities
it was precisely because he was a faceless individual that the serial killer was able to go on for so long without detection
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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
faceless gossipmongers had been spreading rumors about the actor's sexual identity for years
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Each new season is harder to top than the last thanks to increasing audience demands and network pressure, delivered in-game via a faceless superior over a walkie-talkie.
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Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
As the champagne starts flowing, always delivered by a faceless staff member, always topped with a fresh raspberry, their days start to bleed into one.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
Rife has a recurring nightmare about his teeth falling out; one audience member keeps getting chased by a faceless witch.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
Similarly, viewers stopped at noticing that the faceless acrobatic torch-carrier looked like the main character from the Assassin’s Creed video game — and didn’t look any deeper to learn that its creator, Ubisoft, is French.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
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Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
As the champagne starts flowing, always delivered by a faceless staff member, always topped with a fresh raspberry, their days start to bleed into one.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
Rife has a recurring nightmare about his teeth falling out; one audience member keeps getting chased by a faceless witch.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
Similarly, viewers stopped at noticing that the faceless acrobatic torch-carrier looked like the main character from the Assassin’s Creed video game — and didn’t look any deeper to learn that its creator, Ubisoft, is French.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
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“Faceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faceless. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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