featureless

featureless

English

Etymology

    From feature + -less.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfi.t͡ʃɚ.ləs/
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    Adjective

    featureless (comparative more featureless, superlative most featureless)

    1. Without distinguishing features.
      a featureless brick wall
      • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, [], →OCLC, part I, page 202:
        This one was almost featureless, as if still in the making, with an aspect of monotonous grimness.
      • 1961 May, Mark B. Warburton, “Yatton and its branches to Clevedon and Wells”, in Trains Illustrated, page 278:
        The branch is three and a half miles long over virtually level, featureless countryside.

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