Colorless
['kʌlɚlɪs]
Definition
(adj.) weak in color; not colorful .
(adj.) lacking in variety and interest; 'a colorless and unimaginative person'; 'a colorless description of the parade' .
Inputed by Heinrich--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.
(a.) Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless.
Typist: Stephanie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Uncolored, hueless, untinged, achromatic.
Editor: Samantha
Examples
- Nitrogen is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Intelligent insight into present forms of associated life is necessary for a character whose morality is more than colorless innocence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When the hard, gray crystals of calcium carbide are put in water, they give off acetylene, a colorless gas which burns with a brilliant white flame. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The latter is then filtered through bone black until it is colorless and is then evaporated in the vacuum pan, which is the important invention of the century in sugar making. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This gas proves to be colorless, tasteless, and odorless. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Free nitrogen, like oxygen, is a colorless, odorless gas. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Editor: Samantha