undistinguished

In the spring of 1984, Craig Virgin—already a two-time World Cross Country champion and one of the most decorated runners in American history—was running a 10,000-meter race in Eugene, Oregon, against a relatively undistinguished field.

But it does signal that the status quo is up for grabs and that undistinguished pols like Cantor should be shaking in their boots.

When she graduated from Mount Holyoke College, leaving behind an undistinguished record, she was floundering.

No doubt Chatwin's elevated sense of otherworldliness originated partly in embarrassment over his undistinguished background.