unremarkable

adjective

un·​re·​mark·​able ˌən-ri-ˈmär-kə-bəl 

: unworthy or unlikely to be noticed : not remarkable : common, ordinary

The village itself is unremarkable; its one great attribute being the nearby network of extensive caverns.

—Mark Blacksell

unremarkableness noun

unremarkably

ˌən-ri-ˈmär-kə-blē 

adverb

an unremarkably dressed man

Synonyms

• average
• common
• commonplace
• cut-and-dried
• cut-and-dry
• everyday
• garden-variety
• normal
• ordinary
• prosaic
• routine
• run-of-the-mill
• standard
• standard-issue
• unexceptional
• usual
• workaday

Examples of unremarkable in a Sentence

a quiet and unremarkable child

Recent Examples on the Web

The book tells the story of Mary Bennet – the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024

On an otherwise unremarkable day, 65,000 punk-rock music enthusiasts who had gathered at London’s Hyde Park to listen to American band Green Day on July 1, 2017, created history by erupting in spontaneous a cappella singing. —Deepa Nagraj, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024

Schwartz & Sandy’s is in an unremarkable strip mall next to a pet store, across the street from the Scientology Celebrity Centre. —Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024

His pretty, but unremarkable, recording reached No. 18 on Billboard’s Disk Jockey and Best Sellers charts. —Paul Grein, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above