faceless Definition
face·less (fās′lis)
adjective
- lacking a face
- lacking a distinct character; without individuality; anonymous
faceless Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
make: The story asks you to reflect on the dangers of making people faceless.
Modifies a noun
- ones: In 1967, Pauline Collins played Samantha Briggs in the Doctor Who story, The Faceless Ones.
- bureaucrat: How short a memory do these faceless bureaucrats think the public of the city have?
- bureaucracy: In that way we can keep our citizens free of any fear that a faceless bureaucracy in Brussels will run their lives.
- corporation: Blogs are bringing a level of humanity back to the faceless corporation.
- enemy: How can we really fight a faceless, anonymous enemy?
- mass: Also worth saying that seeing all Muslims as a faceless mass doesn't help.
Modifying Another Word
- not: They are not faceless people, they come to our meetings.
- rather: A decent pub for this generally rather faceless part of the world.
- just: But we are made to confront the fact that such women, who are usually invisible and ignored, are not just faceless domestics.
- pretty: Most of them are pretty faceless and anonymous - he's pretty funny looking, you'd recognize him anywhere.
- often: Duff certainly has a unique voice, clearly identifiable among the often faceless pop crowd.
- seemingly: A shadowy, seemingly faceless monk who appears in the darkness without warning is just one of the delights that awaits unsuspecting visitors.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near faceless
- ‹ facedown
- ‹ -faced
- ‹ faced
- ‹ face value
- ‹ face to face
- ‹ face time
- ‹ face-saving
- ‹ face powder
- ‹ face-off
- ‹ face mask
- faceplate ›
- facer ›
- facet ›
- facetiae ›
- facetious ›
- faceup ›
- facia ›
- facial ›
- facial angle ›
- facial index ›

