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Definition of "colourlessness" []

  • The state or quality of being colourless. (noun)

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Use "colourlessness" in a sentence
  • "Such was the colour - or perhaps colourlessness - of her eyes that they made her seem at once blind and all-seeing."
  • "On the subject of his childhood he is brief, but manages in a few words to convey a sense of colourlessness: his family was "traditional Presbyterian"; his education took place at "a dreadful private school"; his parents weren't readers and the school, where "any sort of imagination was seen as rather naughty", didn't encourage an interest in books either."
  • "Even after adjusting for education, people of colour are still less likely to be hired or later promoted than people of colourlessness."
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