nondescript
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dɪˈskrɪpt 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.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | lacking distinct or individual characteristics; having no outstanding features |
| —n | |
| 2. | a nondescript person or thing |
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nondescript
1683, "not hitherto described," in scientific usage, coined from non- + L. descriptus, pp. of describere (see describe). Sense of "not easily described or classified" is from 1806.
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