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   colourless

   /ˈkʌlələs/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a gas or liquid) without colour: "a colourless liquid" Similar uncolouredwhitebleachedfadedwashed outliterary:achromatictechnical:achromicOpposite coloured
   • ▪ dull or pale in hue: "her colourless cheeks" Similar palepallidwananaemicbloodlessashenwhitewhite as a ghost/sheetgreyjaundicedwaxenchalkychalk whitemilkypastypasty-facedwhey-facedpeakysicklytired-lookingwashed outsallowdraineddrawnsappedghostlydeathlydeathlikebleachedrare:etiolatedOpposite rosy
   • 2. lacking distinctive character or interest; dull: "the book is rather colourless, like its author" Similar uninterestingdullboringtediousmonotonousdrydrabdrearywearisomeunexcitingblandnon-stimulatingunimaginativeuninspiringuninspiredweakinsipidlustrelesslacklustrevapidflatstaletritevacuousfeeblepallidwishy-washylimplametiredlifelesstorpidunanimatedzestlessspiritlesssterileanaemicbarrentamebloodlessantisepticmiddle-of-the-roadrun-of-the-millcommonplacemediocrenondescriptcharacterlessmundaneinoffensivehumdrumprosaicOpposite colourful

   Derivatives

   • 1. colourlessly adverb
   • 2. colourlessness noun

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