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Definitions for nondescript
ˌnɒn dɪˈskrɪptnon·de·script
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Princeton's WordNet
nondescriptadjective
a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
characterless, nondescriptadjective
lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
"women dressed in nondescript clothes"; "a nondescript novel"
GCIDE
nondescriptadjective
Dull or uninteresting; undistinguished.
Wiktionary
nondescriptnoun
An undistinguished, unexceptional person or thing.
nondescriptadjective
Not described (in the academic literature); undescribed, unidentified.
nondescriptadjective
Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics; unexceptional.
He drove a nondescript silver sedan.
ChatGPT
nondescript
Nondescript refers to something that lacks distinctive or interesting features or characteristics, making it unremarkable, unmemorable, or hard to describe.
Webster Dictionary
Nondescriptadjective
not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable
Nondescriptnoun
a thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable
Etymology: [Pref. non- + L. descriptus described.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Nondescript
non′de-skript, adj. novel: odd.—n. anything not yet described or classed: a person or thing not easily described or classed. [L. non, not, descriptus, describĕre, to describe.]
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Anagrams for nondescript »
nonscripted
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nondescript in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nondescript in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of nondescript in a Sentence
Remarkably for 30 million years, the entire first half of proboscidean evolution, only two of the eight groups evolved, most proboscideans over this time were nondescript herbivores ranging from the size of a pug to that of a boar. A few species got as big as a hippo, yet these lineages were evolutionary dead-ends. They all bore little resemblance to elephants.
When the locks first started to appear a few years ago, we didn't pay much attention, they were pretty nondescript and you hardly noticed them. But now someone has spray-painted them bright orange.
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