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faceless

/ˈfeɪslɪs/
/ˈfeɪslɪs/
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Use the adjective faceless to mean impersonal or anonymous. The corrupt owner of a factory sees his employees as faceless worker bees.

The enormous audience in a concert arena appears faceless to the rock band on stage. You also might think of the people who make the laws that affect you every day as nothing but faceless bureaucrats. When there's nothing distinct about a person or group, something that makes them stand out as a unique individual, they're faceless. It's also a good way to describe anything lacking character or interest, like a faceless row of identical suburban houses.

Definitions of faceless
  1. adjective
    without a face or identity
    “a faceless apparition”
    “the faceless accusers of the police state”
    synonyms:
    anonymous
    not known or lacking marked individuality
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    antonyms:
    faced
    having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
    baby-faced
    having a youthful-looking face
    bald-faced
    (of animals) having white markings on the face
    featured
    having facial features as specified; usually used in combination
    Janus-faced, two-faced
    having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
    long-faced
    having a face longer than the usual
    moon-faced, round-faced
    having a round face
    pale-faced
    having a pale face
    pug-faced
    having the flat wrinkled face of a pug dog
    sad-faced
    having a face with a sad expression
    sweet-faced
    having a pleasing face or one showing a sweet disposition
    visaged
    having a face or visage as specified
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