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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But when the film takes the perspective of a human looking at the forest dwellers, their eyes appear small and dark, almost nondescript.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
In a nondescript warehouse near Munich, a newly opened factory now churns out drones with proprietary Ukrainian engineering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
We visited a few of them, hidden away in basements of wrecked buildings or nondescript village houses.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
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
The Peter Westbrook Foundation was housed on the second floor of a nondescript building not too far from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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