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 second single off 2016’s unremarkable Wonderful Crazy Night did help keep John’s streak going on Billboard’s adult contemporary chart. —Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025

For all the breathless anticipation that Florida, Auburn, Houston and Duke will produce a riveting semifinal doubleheader that offsets what otherwise has been an unremarkable March Madness, there is another possibility: The Blue Devils are in a class of their own. —Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025

Their March and April blossoms are fleeting, replaced by unremarkable green canopies during the remainder of the year. —Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025

This web of interrelated characters remains in stasis, as an unremarkable fixture of the backdrop, rather than a point of intrigue. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unremarkable

• remarkable