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characterless, faceless, featureless, indistinctive, neutral, noncommittal, nondescript, vanilla
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some food critics have dismissed that chef's version of French cuisine as beige and boringRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
No black man would ever have approved that much beige. — Gwen Thompkins, The New Yorker, "An Eight-Second Film of 1915 New Orleans and the Mystery of Louis Armstrong’s Happiness," 8 July 2019 The space, awash in white, green, and beige, felt both calming and cool as the Alabama Shakes sang from the speakers on our visit. — Megan Lisagor Stoessell, BostonGlobe.com, "Worcester has upped its game," 13 June 2019 The gunman and the second man then got into a beige, older-model Honda-type car that was driven by a third unknown person, police said. — Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, "Police: Chicago resident robbed at gunpoint Monday night in Oak Park," 11 June 2019 Diners are required to wear white from head to toe — no shades of off-white, cream or beige, and no accent colors. — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, "‘Chic picnic’ Le Dîner en Blanc comes to Hartford for first time," 3 July 2019 My room at Encore was 50 shades of beige (plus white linens, white trim, and white lamps). — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, "Fifty shades of beige: Welcome to the Encore Boston Harbor hotel," 28 June 2019 Computer casings in every imaginable shade of beige. — The Economist, "Taiwan’s computing titans are caught up in the US-China tech war," 6 June 2019 There’s also nudes that range from luminous light beiges to deep and dark browns that pretty much cover everyone. — Teen Vogue, "6 Teen Vogue Editors Tried Gucci Beauty’s New Lipsticks And Fell In Love," 23 May 2019 And despite my previous hesitations about beige, the straw color seems to flatter my skin tone as well. — Bridget Burns, Marie Claire, "The Item I Wear to Death: My Vintage Calvin Klein Duster Coat," 15 May 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
After Kidd was fined $4,000 for violating the city’s rental laws, the once-beige property was painted a loud pink, adorned with two yellow emoji faces. — Los Angeles Times, "Hot-pink ‘emoji house’ is eyeing a new owner in Manhattan Beach," 20 Aug. 2019 His paintings hold the rich colors of life — fuchsia, geranium red, gold — as well as the colors of decay — grey-yellow, beige, black. — Nina Maclaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, "Bodies in detail, Kipling in Vermont, and Shakespeare in the park," 18 July 2019 The best-selling comfy coat comes in five versatile hues — green, black, beige, grey, and navy blue — all of which feature bold black zippers and tassels. — Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com, "The Viral “Amazon Coat” You’ve Seen Everywhere Is Currently Up to 40% Off for Prime Day," 15 July 2019 The buildings are relentlessly beige, an austere aesthetic reflecting the fact that much of the base had been built cheaply and quickly. — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, "As Trump tries to end ‘endless wars,’ America’s biggest Mideast base is getting bigger," 23 Aug. 2019 Then, after she was fined $4,000, the once-beige building was painted hot pink, with two giant yellow emoji faces. — Los Angeles Times, "Newsletter: Today: Trump’s familiar gun control retreat," 21 Aug. 2019 These birds have black eyes, bills, and feet and their feathers can be white to beige. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, "Exceedingly Rare Albino Hummingbird Spotted in Alabama Backyard," 14 Aug. 2019 Leucistic hummingbirds have black eyes, bills and feet and their feathers can be white to beige. — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, "Albino hummingbird makes an appearance in Alabama," 12 Aug. 2019 Four days after the Woolsey Fire ignited last November, the air outside our house in Mount Washington, northeast of downtown Los Angeles, was as beige as a dirty hotel sheet, blocking out our vista of the San Gabriel mountains. — Margaret Wappler, Orange County Register, "First Person: Finding solace and security amid the beauty of Laguna Beach," 27 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'beige.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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