Adjective : an affectless, futuristic drama in which the human characters are virtually robots.    From Dictionary.com. 

Yes, it really is that affectless and unintelligible.    From Wordnik.com.  [City at the End of Time by Greg Bear: Book summary] Reference

Their relentless mechanical drone produces affectless.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barry Yourgrau: World Cup Disappoints] Reference

Julian's gaze met mine, and I wore as affectless a mask as his own.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sign of Chaos]

A high pressure system had set in and the sky was white and affectless.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert hires a lawyer] Reference

The vibe MacDonald and Garofalo give off is a smug, affectless "whatever."'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dear 'Saturday Night Live': It's Over. Please Die] Reference

Now, sometimes an affectless recounting of action can be extremely powerful.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Gordath Wood: Writer Patrice Sarath » Writing lessons — avoiding the action catalog] Reference

Little wonder she is drawn to study the numb, affectless personae of terrorists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jessica Stern's "Denial: A Memoir of Terror," reviewed by Marie Arana] Reference

And everywhere we look, we can plainly observe your smirking, affectless footprint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bob Cesca: Sorry, Mr. President, But Your Legacy Is More Awful Than You Think] Reference

With a soft-spoken, affectless voice, Bradley sounds more like a therapist than a pol.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outside Shot] Reference

“Maybe this is just me trying to live with the loss,” she says, her tone affectless.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cate Blanchett] Reference

However, he never quite succumbed to the affectless cynicism that he had always despised.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Assimilator] Reference

He was too affectless to evince true skepticism, but she could tell he didn't believe her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Butchers Hill]

Gray was too stiff and affectless, Aki did odd things with her lips and had too-smooth skin.    From Wordnik.com.  [kevynwight Diary Entry] Reference

(Huck's response is as affectless as Orion's letter about everyone's walking out on his speech.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic | July/August 2001 | Mark Twain's Reconstruction | Blount Jr.] Reference

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that affectless, amplified voice declaring that the end is nigh.    From Wordnik.com.  [One hundred six degrees of suppuration] Reference

Real science content is thin, and unfortunately Sigourney Weaver's narration is nearly affectless.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

Even the great cars are bored and affectless: “The dilatory limousine came rolling up the drive.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Road to West Egg] Reference

There is the almost spooky evenness of tone, the flat, affectless voice that is the mirror of Warhol's art.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Andy Warhol diaries, edited by Pat Hackett – review] Reference

There were phone calls, some of a highly emotional nature, with the affectless warriors of Chase Customer Care.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Gingold: CHASE HOME FINANCE: RABID WEASEL] Reference

Despite his flat, affectless tone, Cheney balked before snapping, "Frankly, you're out of line with that question.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Katovsky: Not a Good Week for Hannibal Cheney] Reference

Adrift in the affectless between-world of airport lounges, plane cabins and hotels marketed to business travellers.    From Wordnik.com.  [if it’s monday this must be boston] Reference

But being a moral writer is much more compatible with the sliding, affectless, POMO style than being a 'deep' writer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-07-01] Reference

I've now read three of Edric's novels, and all of them are narrated in the same flat, affectless, rather stilted prose.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Little Professor:] Reference

But Hemingway, he ain't; "a flat, affectless tone that reads like a parody of early Bret Easton Ellis, except not funny.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Read This: James Franco's new book is a bit of a snore] Reference

As well as displaying an affectless disregard for his characters, Roth evinces something very like contempt for his readers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zuckerman Undone] Reference

Bird - and a loud, affectless delivery that was especially effective when he barked wth a mock-maniacal, mad-scientist laugh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Gliatto: May the Angels Welcome You, Larry "Bud" Melman] Reference

I just think her affectless prose style strains too much to mimic the impassivity of her characters and becomes merely numbing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social Fiction] Reference

He's not exactly affectless, like Alain Delon, but he never seems to lose control of his emotions, like a Method actor, either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men without hats: James Ellroy and Eddie Muller on "Crime Wave"] Reference

Like most McLean patients, Plath was dosed with the anti-psychotic drug Thorazine, which contributed to her affectless behavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mad Poets Society] Reference

  He had even seen them: affectless men and women with a deathlike pallor, high nasal voices, and the characteristic drooping at the chin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zombie, Attorneys at Law] Reference

The paranoid Marco, the affectless, mother-hating Raymond and the power-crazed Eleanor are meaty parts all, and these actors feast themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW, SEIZING THE THRONE] Reference

“i'd like to place a take-out order,” Alison said in her affectless tone of voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zombie, Attorneys at Law] Reference

Casey Affleck as the affectless anti-hero of the title, who returns to his podunk hometown after a not-long-enough absence.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily] Reference