1
a
: lacking character or individuality : nondescript
the faceless masses
b
: not identified : anonymous
a faceless accuser
2
: lacking a face
facelessness
noun
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Examples of faceless in a Sentence
a decision made by faceless bureaucrats
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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Waves of faceless enemies are thrown at the player to be defeated, occasionally punctuating in a higher-stakes showdown with a more dangerous foe.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Many people are understandably drawn to interacting with other people online over faceless company accounts.
—Bradley Keenan, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Luigi Mangione — the man charged in the Dec. 4 shooting and killing of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare — was still a nameless, faceless gathering of pixels in grainy surveillance footage when a slice of the internet christened him a folk hero.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
The Hartford Civic Center was jumping on game nights, long before corporate renaming with a faceless identity.
—Bill Field, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Many people are understandably drawn to interacting with other people online over faceless company accounts.
—Bradley Keenan, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Luigi Mangione — the man charged in the Dec. 4 shooting and killing of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare — was still a nameless, faceless gathering of pixels in grainy surveillance footage when a slice of the internet christened him a folk hero.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
The Hartford Civic Center was jumping on game nights, long before corporate renaming with a faceless identity.
—Bill Field, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Faceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faceless. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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faceless
adjective
face·less
ˈfās-ləs 
1
: not able to be identified
2
: lacking a face
facelessness
noun
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