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nondescript

[ non-di-skript ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind:
a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
Synonyms: unexceptional, ordinary, usual
undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid:
The private detective deliberately wore nondescript clothes.

nondescript

/ ˈnɒndɪˌskrɪpt /

1675–85; non- + Latin dēscrīptus (past participle of dēscrībere to describe, define, represent; describe )

C17: from non- + Latin dēscriptus, past participle of dēscribere to copy, describe

I met Hutcherson at a nondescript hotel suite in downtown Toronto.

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

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

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

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

A black hat, wide of brim and carefully creased, replaced the nondescript felt affair which Bill usually wore.

He thought, in fact, that Daphne was spoiling the dear nondescript old place, and he knew that the neighbourhood thought so too.

A nondescript following conducted us to the post-office, where we met a very different type of man.

A room was got ready, and presently we all three sat down to a nondescript meal which poor Anna believed to be dinner.

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

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