Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Free from pigment; destitute of coloring matter.
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Examples
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We are horrified by the idea that these poor, pigmentless Africans are being hacked to death with big machetes not because of the color of their skin, but because people actually believe that their various parts can be used in magical processes.
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I'm pigmentless in parts of my skin, For lighter skinned people, it's not as noticeable.
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His gaze and expression were as one, as cold-clammy and pigmentless as the greasy flesh of a cave salamander wrenched up suddenly from the abyss and left to shrivel in the sun.
Impossible Places Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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His gaze and expression were as one, as cold-clammy and pigmentless as the greasy flesh of a cave salamander wrenched up suddenly from the abyss and left to shrivel in the sun.
Impossible Places Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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Now extrapolating the other way, were there no such rays, the people would become a pigmentless race.
The Black Star Passes John Wood Campbell 1940
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"ALBINO, a biological term (Lat. _albus_, white), in the usual acceptation, for a pigmentless individual of a normally pigmented race."
The Winning Clue James Hay 1908
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AskMe will be switching to a pigmentless layout in order to save on dye and, we hope, attract a more professional, revenue-friendly crowd.
MetaFilter Projects 2009
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We are horrified by the idea that these poor, pigmentless Africans are being hacked to death with big machetes not because of the color of their skin, but because people actually believe that their various parts can be used in magical processes.
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