colorless
adjective
col·or·less
ˈkə-lər-ləs 
: lacking color: such as
b
: dull, uninteresting
colorless prose
colorlessly
adverb
colorlessness
noun
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Examples of colorless in a Sentence
since we can't decide what color to paint the doghouse, our latest home project remains colorless for the time being
page after page of colorless prose without even one neat turn of phrase
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Thursday, the facility had a leak of hydrogen sulfide — a colorless gas with a strong odor.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Oct. 2024
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Generators produce carbon monoxide, a deadly odorless, colorless gas.
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Ozone is a colorless gas that naturally occurs in the Earth's upper atmosphere and near the ground.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Oct. 2024
Generators emit carbon monoxide, a colorless and odorless gas that can be fatal if inhaled.
—Lyndsey Gilpin, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2024
Generators produce carbon monoxide, a deadly odorless, colorless gas.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
Ozone is a colorless gas that naturally occurs in the Earth's upper atmosphere and near the ground.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Colorless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colorless. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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colorless
adjective
col·or·less
ˈkəl-ər-ləs
1
: lacking color
a colorless liquid
2
: dull entry 1 sense 8
colorless writing
colorlessly
adverb
colorlessness
noun
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