characterless

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
13

Definition of characterless

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having no distinguishing character or quality.
    “The great mass of American citizens estimate us, as being a characterless and purposeless people ; and hence we hold up our heads, if at all, against the withering influence of a nation's scorn and contempt.”
    “The House of All Sorts was new and characterless. It had not yet found itself—and an apartment house takes longer to find itself than do individual private houses.”
    “In recent times, the track has been straightened out and a new, somewhat characterless, station has been built just to the east.”
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adj

  1. Having no distinguishing character or quality.
    “The great mass of American citizens estimate us, as being a characterless and purposeless people ; and hence we hold up our heads, if at all, against the withering influence of a nation's scorn and contempt.”
    “The House of All Sorts was new and characterless. It had not yet found itself—and an apartment house takes longer to find itself than do individual private houses.”
    “In recent times, the track has been straightened out and a new, somewhat characterless, station has been built just to the east.”
  2. Lacking in or devoid of personality.
    “The letter within was written in the same straggling, characterless caligraphy, — I should have said, had I been asked offhand, that the whole thing was the composition of a servant girl.”
    “It was her virtue to be tall, pale, characterless and effaced by partial speechlessness.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der. Latin charactērder. Old French caracterebor. Middle English caracter English character Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English characterless From character + -less.

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