pictureless
- adjective
- /ˈpɪkʧərləs/
- The pictureless room felt cold and uninviting.
Examples
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The hotel room was clean but completely pictureless, with bare walls and no decorations.
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Despite its history, the town center is rather pictureless and lacks any notable landmarks.
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The industrial suburb was oddly pictureless beneath the gray sky and rows of concrete warehouses.
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What a pictureless view from the hotel room!
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The room felt cold and uninspiring with its bare, pictureless walls.
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He avoided reading the pictureless book because he preferred ones with colorful illustrations.
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Her home office was so pictureless that it lacked any charm or personality.
Synonyms
Not pleasant to look at
Not attractive to look at
A person or place with no features that make it stand out
Not pleasant to look at or to the senses
A thing that has no strong character and few interesting features
Without energy or interest and making people feel bored
Not having special or interesting features so it does not stand out
A place or thing that has no clear details
Not interesting or exciting
Having nothing special or interesting
Plain and simple in appearance without extra decoration
Having a plain look that is not fashionable
Something that is not pretty to look at, for example a town or view
Looks plain and not attractive or exciting
Plain and not made to look stylish or perfect
Not having a strong style or special features and seeming bland
Antonyms
How Picturesque
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pictureless comes from picture and -less ('without'), and it grew to mean 'plain' or 'not picturesque', so we use it for places or rooms that are plain and do not look attractive.