Tuesday word: Nondescript

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Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019

Nondescript (adjective)
non·de·script [non-di-skript]

adjective
1. of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
2. undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid: The private detective deliberately wore nondescript clothes.

noun
3. a person or a thing of no particular or notable type or kind.

Related Words for nondescript
unremarkable, uninspiring, ordinary, common, empty, garden, colorless, dull, featureless, indescribable, indeterminate, mousy, unexceptional, uninteresting, vague, characterless, unclassified, unmemorable

Synonyms
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1. undistinctive, usual, ordinary, unexceptional.

Origin: 1675–85; non- + Latin descriptus (past participle of describere to describe, define, represent; see describe)

Examples from the Web for nondescript
Contemporary Examples of nondescript
I met Hutcherson at a nondescript hotel suite in downtown Toronto.

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Josh Hutcherson on the J. Law Hacking Scandal and Life After 'The Hunger Games'
Marlow Stern
September 11, 2014

In between a female sex shop and trendy boutiques is a nondescript store selling all manner of bras, corsets, and other lingerie.

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New York's Sexiest Kosher Corsets
Emily Shire
August 20, 2014

My sleep is again hot and disrupted, but thankfully the dreams are nondescript .

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Gaza, You're No Good For My Marriage
Josh Robin
August 9, 2014

At the center of allegations about a political cover-up is a nondescript Edwardian terraced house in West London.

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Alleged U.K. Parliamentary Pedophile Ring Hushed Up for Decades
Nico Hines
July 8, 2014

Less than 25 minutes from the Navy Yard, Sharpshooters Small Arms Range is the definition of nondescript .

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A Visit to Sharpshooters, Where Aaron Alexis Bought His Shotgun
Miranda Green
September 18, 2013

Historical Examples of nondescript
The nondescript knew two Miss Dorrits; one who was born inside—That was the one!

Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens

He was dressed in the nondescript costume he had worn at their first meeting.

The Heart of Thunder Mountain
Edfrid A. Bingham

All the rooms were empty except for some nondescript lumber in one or two.

Within the Tides
Joseph Conrad

The pilot and one of the nondescript men were the first over.

A World is Born
Leigh Douglass Brackett

The waistcoat is nondescript , but the boots are irreproachable.

Canada and the Canadians
Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle

Comments

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Another of my favorites, mostly because nondescript sort of explains my life most days.

[med_cat]

I wouldn't say so, having read your weekly descriptions...;)

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

It's funny. From the outside, everything thinks I have an exciting and fun life, but mostly it's just routine and dull to me. Oh, the ennui! :P

[med_cat]

I understand :) Sorry to hear it feels that way, though

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Routine is routine. What sounds fun and exciting to one person is just another day for someone else. Sigh, unless you are a kid or a cat, I suppose.

[med_cat]

True enough :)

(or a dog; they greet every day and every meal with such unflagging enthusiasm ;))

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Yeah, cats, not so much. There are times when they don't even bother to wake up for me.

[med_cat]

Rather typical for cats, from what others have told me ;)

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

It's not always. Last night they were all very happy to see me (I was late with their dinner).

[med_cat]

I see :) Depends on the cat, and the situation, I'm sure

[med_cat]

A very useful word :)

Your last historical example is amusing ;)