faceless
/ˈfeɪsləs/adjective
उच्चारण फ़ेस्लस
बिना चेहरे का
Core word
- 1
without a face, or without any features that show a face clearly
बिना चेहरे का
- The artist drew a faceless figure in the shadows.
- A faceless statue stood in the garden.
- The sculpture depicts a faceless dancer.
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- A faceless doll sat on the shelf.
- The painting showed a crowd of faceless people.
- 2
disapproving
not known as individuals, or without any personality
अनाम, गुमनाम; जिसकी कोई पहचान न हो
- Faceless officials in distant offices decided the policy.
- Large banks can feel like faceless organisations.
- He felt like just another faceless employee in a huge company.
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- The faceless bureaucracy was slow to respond to complaints.
- Faceless voices on the phone could not solve her problem.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
faceless + noun
Used before a noun, it can describe something with no visible face, or people and institutions that are anonymous and impersonal.
संज्ञा से पहले यह बिना चेहरे वाली चीज़ को या अनाम, अवैयक्तिक लोगों और संस्थाओं को बताता है।
- The painting showed a faceless figure in a crowd.
- He felt like a faceless clerk in a huge office.
faceless + bureaucracy / officials / critics
Often used to criticise people in power whom ordinary citizens never meet or see.
अक्सर ऐसे सत्ताधारी लोगों की आलोचना में आता है जिनसे आम नागरिक कभी मिल या देख नहीं पाते।
- Citizens complained about faceless officials who never answered letters.
- Online abuse often comes from faceless strangers.
predicative use: be / feel faceless
After 'be' or 'feel' it says that a person or group is not known as an individual.
'Be' या 'feel' के बाद यह बताता है कि व्यक्ति या समूह को व्यक्तिगत रूप से नहीं जाना जाता।
- In the big city, newcomers can feel faceless.
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faceless + noun
bureaucratofficialcrowdstrangercorporationfigure
- A faceless corporation decided to close the factory.
become / feel + faceless
becomeremainfeelseem
- Many workers feel faceless in large companies.
faceless + abstract noun
systemprocessmachinerypowerviolence
- The faceless machinery of the state seemed unmoved by her request.
faceless + noun (more)
soldiersworkersmassesstatuesenemy
- Faceless statues stood in the old temple courtyard.
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- The faceless mannequins stood in the shop window.
बिना चेहरे के पुतले दुकान की खिड़की में खड़े थे।
- He wrote angry comments as a faceless troll on the internet.
उसने इंटरनेट पर अनाम ट्रोल बनकर क्रोध भरी टिप्पणियाँ लिखीं।
- Farmers said they were tired of dealing with faceless officials.
किसानों ने कहा कि वे चेहराविहीन अधिकारियों से निपटते-निपटते थक गए हैं।
- The faceless victims of the war are seldom remembered by name.
युद्ध के गुमनाम पीड़ितों को शायद ही नाम से याद किया जाता है।
- Radhika did not want to remain a faceless name on the merit list.
राधिका merit list में एक गुमनाम नाम बनकर नहीं रहना चाहती थी।
- Behind the screen, the faceless voice on the phone sounded polite.
स्क्रीन के पीछे फ़ोन पर वह अनाम आवाज़ विनम्र लग रही थी।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The faceless officer never meet the people.
✓ The faceless officer never meets the people.
A singular subject takes a singular verb: 'officer ... meets'.
Singular subject के साथ singular verb आती है: 'officer ... meets'।
✗ The faceless officials was ignoring our letters.
✓ The faceless officials were ignoring our letters.
A plural subject takes 'were', not 'was'.
Plural subject के साथ 'were' आता है, 'was' नहीं।
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