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 of unremarkable

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

Examples of unremarkable in a Sentence

a quiet and unremarkable child

Recent Examples on the Web

An unremarkable meal, or a conversation that fills 10 spare minutes rarely feels consequential on its own. — Justin Vaughn, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026

Only six rather unremarkable tropical storms have formed there this season. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2026

What Scholes has done, Müller said, is show how quantumlike behavior can emerge from relatively unremarkable complex networks — of the sort that abound in nature. — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026

So, arguably, does his earlier, less sensational but equally radical Passing By (1974), charting the beginning, middle, and end of an ordinary love affair between two unremarkable young men. — Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unremarkable

• remarkable