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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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 • Feb. 20, 2026
“You wonder why Maduro didn’t go to some nondescript apartment in the middle of Caracas or the countryside.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
There was little to suggest what Artem Tymofeyev and his wife, Kateryna Tymofeyeva, were really up to in a nondescript warehouse in the industrial Russian city of Chelyabinsk this spring.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
It carries double meaning here at Backyard Party, a new all-ages music venue in a nondescript business park on the border of Pasadena and Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
The same nondescript shade, about the same shade as his own tunic.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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