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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kar-ik-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær ɪk tər

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Définition of characterless

Origin :
  • mid-14c., carecter, "symbol marked or branded on the body;" mid-15c., "symbol or drawing used in sorcery," from Old French caratere "feature, character" (13c., Modern French caractère), from Latin character, from Greek kharakter "engraved mark," also "symbol or imprint on the soul," also "instrument for marking," from kharassein "to engrave," from kharax "pointed stake," from PIE root *gher- "to scrape, scratch." Meaning extended in ancient times by metaphor to "a defining quality."
  • You remember Eponina, who kept her husband alive in an underground cavern so devotedly and heroically? The force of character she showed in keeping up his spirits would have been used to hide a lover from her husband if they had been living quietly in Rome. Strong characters need strong nourishment. [Stendhal "de l'Amour," 1822]
  • Meaning "sum of qualities that define a person" is from 1640s. Sense of "person in a play or novel" is first attested 1660s, in reference to the "defining qualities" he or she is given by the author. Meaning "a person" in the abstract is from 1749; especially "eccentric person" (1773). Colloquial sense of "chap, fellow" is from 1931. The Latin ch- spelling was restored from 1500s. Character actor attested from 1861; character assassination from 1888; character-building (n.) from 1886.
  • As in insipid : adj dull, uninteresting
  • As in mediocre : adj average, commonplace
  • As in nondescript : adj undistinguished, commonplace
  • As in null : adj ineffectual, valueless
  • As in ordinary : adj average; not distinctive
  • As in undistinguished : adj ordinary
  • As in unexceptional : adj ordinary
  • As in wishy-washy : adj bland, dull
  • As in boring : adj uninteresting
  • As in garden-variety : adj ordinary
  • As in weariful : adj boring
  • As in colorless : adj unlively, uninteresting
  • As in common : adj low, coarse
  • As in commonplace : adj usual, everyday
  • As in drab : adj dull, colorless
  • As in featureless : adj nondescript
  • As in amorphous : adj without definite shape, character
Example sentences :
  • Were his crowns to be only the thornless, characterless ones that went with his profession?
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • At first sight he had struck her as undefined, characterless.
  • Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev
  • The sap is characterless and seems to be utterly rejected at the factory.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • But the pity of it is that most of the new things are characterless and dreary.
  • Extract from : « From sketch-book and diary » by Elizabeth Butler
  • It is a term of reproach, and means, as nearly as may be, "characterless."
  • Extract from : « The Fiend's Delight » by Dod Grile
  • Give me character, good or bad; characterless things are odious.
  • Extract from : « An Autobiography » by Elizabeth Butler
  • Precisely; it is to give character to his characterless address.
  • Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre
  • Why, out of all my ladies, do you come back to me characterless from your situations?
  • Extract from : « Once Aboard The Lugger » by Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson
  • A mean, characterless entrance admits you to the far-famed palace.
  • Extract from : « Southern Spain » by A.F. Calvert
  • It is as characterless as a number, and it lacks the number's one excuse for being.
  • Extract from : « Abroad at Home » by Julian Street

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