colourless
adjective/ˈkʌlələs/
/ˈkʌlərləs/
(US English colorless)
- without colour or very pale
- a colourless liquid like water
- colourless lips
Extra Examples- a clear, almost colourless liquid
- Her illness had left her face deathly white and her lips colourless.
- The reaction will produce a colourless liquid.
- Water is a colourless compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
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- not interesting synonym dull
- a colourless personality
Extra Examples- ‘I suppose so,’ she said in a colourless voice.
- He was a small, colourless man who worked as a clerk.
- Too many passive verbs make for flabby, colourless prose.
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