1
a
: lacking character or individuality : nondescript
the faceless masses
b
: not identified : anonymous
a faceless accuser
2
: lacking a face
facelessness
noun
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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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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In those stirring early images, one faceless girl oversees the group’s feast, bedecked in an antler crown and several locks of the dead girl’s hair.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Over the years, the Stig has been the enigmatic, faceless, genderless, shell of a humanoid test driver that only knows how to do one thing: go fast.
—New Atlas, 14 Apr. 2025
In those stirring early images, one faceless girl oversees the group’s feast, bedecked in an antler crown and several locks of the dead girl’s hair.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 11 Apr. 2025
Media portrayed Vietnamese people as victims, villains, or faceless casualties—rarely fully human, rarely afforded complexity or dignity.
—Philippa Pham Hughes, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for faceless
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“Faceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faceless. Accessed 30 Apr. 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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