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
Upstairs is the roof, a nondescript square looking onto Manhattan’s midtown lights.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
The costumes were the perfect nondescript counterpoint to Lamar’s trend-launching look.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Where other presentations emphasize nondescript techno music and straight-size models, Antonoff and Alexsandra showcased their designs through a who's who of celebrities, sporting their new looks while carrying shelter dogs available for adoption.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
But in 2007, Israeli intelligence serendipitously stumbled on evidence of a Syrian nuclear reactor—a miniature replica of North Korea’s Yongbyon facility—that was housed in a nondescript, aboveground complex in the hinterland near the Euphrates River.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
The costumes were the perfect nondescript counterpoint to Lamar’s trend-launching look.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Where other presentations emphasize nondescript techno music and straight-size models, Antonoff and Alexsandra showcased their designs through a who's who of celebrities, sporting their new looks while carrying shelter dogs available for adoption.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
But in 2007, Israeli intelligence serendipitously stumbled on evidence of a Syrian nuclear reactor—a miniature replica of North Korea’s Yongbyon facility—that was housed in a nondescript, aboveground complex in the hinterland near the Euphrates River.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nondescript
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Anyone who suggests Guardiola’s title-winning Manchester City teams were boring should be forced to watch 90 minutes of Mourinho’s Chelsea versus Rafael Benitez’s Liverpool in the mid-2000s and report back.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The details might be boring, but the gathering of money—searching gem dealers, gold dealers—was a full-time job.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Maria Rovito, Instructor of Medical Humanities at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences reminds her students that language is never neutral.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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The bedding’s calming, neutral gray tone is a great fit for a range of decor styles, from minimalistic to modern.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Oct. 2025
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Gardner carted his supplies to this featureless patch of earth near the fort, set up his tripods and cameras, and then arranged his dark tent nearby, out of sight of the camera’s lens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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These religious Iranians are bad Iranians, presented here as blandly featureless aside from their obsession with controlling women, while Roya — with her giggling desire to meet Timothée Chalamet — is recognizably more western and therefore good.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Take after the actress and pair it with coordinating beige slacks for an easy monochromatic moment, or throw it on over T-shirts and leggings for running errands or lounging on the couch.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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The beige paint on this one was faded and the surface had some dents and rough spots.—
Laura Lane,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For instance, in The Trial, Kafka looks at alienation vis-à-vis a faceless, impenetrable bureaucracy.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
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But this White House is, in some ways, rebuilding the 20th-century model, in which powerful and faceless aides steered executives by controlling paperflow.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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While markets strongly expect two more cuts this year, and several Fed officials recently have endorsed that view, Powell was noncommittal.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano was equally noncommittal when he was asked Friday morning if Messi would be available for the Atlanta game, an important match that could help Miami finish runner-up in the Eastern Conference with a victory.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Reeves delivers on all phases of his character arc, making a potentially dull and earnest character soar.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The text is excitable and wayward, while many of the photographs are dramatically dull.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Nondescript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondescript. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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