as in boring
lacking in distinctive features or qualities
travelers settling for nondescript motel rooms that could be located anywhere
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Recent Examples of nondescript
Kamara had a nondescript preseason and missed some time while in concussion protocol.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
At dawn on Saturdays, we would be driven in a convoy of minibuses from a soothingly nondescript hotel in Bristol to Harptree Court, a classical Georgian-era country home, on the grounds of which the tent had been put up.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
While the connection has been there with Washington and Eskridge, the same cannot be said with the taller Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, the free agent acquisition who has had a bit of a nondescript camp.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The nondescript, under novelty’s spell, is always descript.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
At dawn on Saturdays, we would be driven in a convoy of minibuses from a soothingly nondescript hotel in Bristol to Harptree Court, a classical Georgian-era country home, on the grounds of which the tent had been put up.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
While the connection has been there with Washington and Eskridge, the same cannot be said with the taller Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, the free agent acquisition who has had a bit of a nondescript camp.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The nondescript, under novelty’s spell, is always descript.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nondescript
Adjective
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Farming takes so long and is so boring, some of us said.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Clark County Fire Department said that tunnel boring operations had been temporarily halted at the site pending an ongoing accident investigation.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis documented, the press are often participants, not merely neutral observers, in the Israel-Islamist conflict.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Stellar mass black holes are considered to be electrically neutral, and until now, primordial black holes were theorized to be the same.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At shorter wavelengths, both would produce flat, featureless spectra, akin to what Hubble has seen for various sub-Neptunes.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the far distance lies the Pacific Ocean, and beyond that, featureless protuberances labeled Japan, Russia and China.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The iPhone Air will be available in black, white, beige and light blue.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Reaching only about 4 feet long, horn sharks are smaller than other shark species and have tan or beige skin with spots to help with camouflage.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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For me personally — a history major who specialized in East and West Germany — its setting is a bit too faceless and could really be any former satellite state behind the Iron Curtain.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Carpenter is featured on her knees next to a faceless person wearing a suit, standing over her and grabbing her hair.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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To date, the administration has been noncommittal.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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Following the game, Giants head coach Brian Daboll was noncommittal about the starting quarterback question.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Early on, the dull chamber music of the Ferrari 296’s wide-angle V6 gas-electric hybrid powertrain was roundly criticized.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Rather than efficiently dicing and slicing your produce, a dull knife actually requires more force, which can cause you or someone else in your household to get hurt.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Nondescript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondescript. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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