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nondescript

[non-di-skript]

adjective

  1. of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind.

    a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid.

    The private detective deliberately wore nondescript clothes.



noun

  1. a person or a thing of no particular or notable type or kind.

nondescript

/ ˈɒԻɪˌɪ /

adjective

  1. lacking distinct or individual characteristics; having no outstanding features

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a nondescript person or thing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nondescript1

1675–85; non- + Latin ŧīٳܲ (past participle of ŧī to describe, define, represent; describe )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nondescript1

C17: from non- + Latin ŧٳܲ, past participle of ŧ to copy, describe
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Outside of this small gym in a nondescript office park in Monrovia, they are elderly people dealing with the motion-melting nightmare that is Parkinson’s disease.

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And while the nondescript row of beige offices I pull up to doesn’t scream “secret lab,” that’s not far off either.

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Across the city, there are dozens of Korean spas, Russian Jewish banyas and even natural hot springs hiding inside nondescript buildings and strip malls.

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At the time, Freeman’s swing didn’t look like much, a seemingly nondescript single on a night the Dodgers generated little else against the reigning National League Rookie of the Year.

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The synthetic opioid drug is wrapped in foil, sealed in plastic, then dropped with an oily splash into the petrol tank of the trafficker's nondescript car.

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