unexceptional

adjective

un·​ex·​cep·​tion·​al ˌən-ik-ˈsep-sh(ə-)nəl 

: not out of the ordinary : commonplace

Her performance was unexceptional.

Synonyms of unexceptional

• normal
• ordinary
• usual
• average
• typical
• commonplace
• unremarkable

Examples of unexceptional in a Sentence

As an actor he was unexceptional, but he had a beautiful singing voice.

the physicist, now regarded as one of the brightest minds in science, was an unexceptional student as a child

Recent Examples on the Web

Dad had always told me his father was a naval officer who'd had an unexceptional career and died suddenly in a traffic accident. — CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025

The monologue that led to Kimmel’s involuntary hiatus was thoroughly unexceptional for the show. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025

Meanwhile, Young and the Panthers' offense has been unexceptional through three quarters, but did enough to take a 13-3 lead into the fourth quarter. — Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025

Also, why would weather conditions be mentioned as a factor, when the weather on the days of the count was unexceptional — cold at times, warm at others — and the count is always held in late January? — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 5 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unexceptional

• exceptional