nondescript
Americanadjective
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of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind.
a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- Synonyms:
- unexceptional, ordinary, usual
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undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid.
The private detective deliberately wore nondescript clothes.
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of nondescript
1675–85; non- + Latin dēscrīptus (past participle of dēscrībere to describe, define, represent; describe )
Example Sentences
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We visited a few of them, hidden away in basements of wrecked buildings or nondescript village houses.
From BBC
Far from the glamour of fashion weeks in Paris, Milan and London, a nondescript cashmere mill on Scotland's western coast that supplies luxury labels hopes local training programmes can attract new talent.
From Barron's
This, too, is predictable, but it’s always a rough watch, whether it’s Ilia Malinin’s tumbles in men’s figure skating, or Mikaela Shiffrin’s mysteriously nondescript slalom run in the team combined event.
A nondescript postal collection depot overseen by the squat man in a frumpy suit.
From Literature
But that morning, she was wearing overalls in an equally nondescript color of grayish beige and bright blue boots.
From Literature
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