placeless.

1. Lacking a definite or identifiable location.

2. Lacking a distinctive identity associated with a particular place.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• placeless narrative
• placeless existence

On the page

The dream had a placeless quality.

The novel created a placeless narrative.

Her imagined city seemed placeless and timeless.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Usually non-gradable; more/most for loss of local character. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.