colourless

colourless
adjective
(Brit.)
1) (without colour) farblos [Flüssigkeit, Gas]; (pale) blass [Teint]; (dull-hued) grau, düster [Bild, Stoff, Himmel]
2) (fig.) farblos, langweilig [Geschichte, Schilderung]; unauffällig [Person]
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adjective
1) (without colour: Water is colourless.) farblos
2) (not lively or interesting: a colourless young woman.) farblos
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col·our·less, AM col·or·less
[ˈkʌlələs, AM -lɚ-]
adj
1. (having no colour) farblos; (pale) blass
2. (bland) farblos, grau, langweilig
a grey, \colourless city eine graue, triste Stadt
\colourless style of writing nüchterner Schreibstil
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(US) ['kʌləlɪs]
adj (lit, fig)
farblos; existence also grau
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colorless, besonders Br colourless [ˈkʌlə(r)lıs] adj (adv colourlessly)
1. farblos (auch fig nichtssagend)
2. fig neutral, unparteiisch
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adjective
(Brit.)
1) (without colour) farblos [Flüssigkeit, Gas]; (pale) blass [Teint]; (dull-hued) grau, düster [Bild, Stoff, Himmel]
2) (fig.) farblos, langweilig [Geschichte, Schilderung]; unauffällig [Person]
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(UK) adj.
farblos adj. adj.
nüchtern adj.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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