unremarkable

adjective

un·​re·​mark·​able ˌən-ri-ˈmär-kə-bəl How to pronounce unremarkable (audio)
: 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 adverb
an unremarkably dressed man

Examples of unremarkable in a Sentence

a quiet and unremarkable child
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The Warriors have pushed him to be a beast on the glass, but historically, players rarely change their stripes in this realm, and his rebound rate has stayed right around 10.0 percent his whole career — fine for a combo forward but unremarkable. John Hollinger, New York Times, 19 June 2025 Reading was an unremarkable activity, essentially unchanged since the advent of the modern publishing industry, in the nineteenth century. Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025 Tyler Technologies has logged a modest 13% gain year-to-date and approximately 22% over the past 12 months, reflecting steady but unremarkable demand in the public-sector software space. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 The passage came from an obscure and unremarkable book published in Paris. Literary Hub, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for unremarkable

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unremarkable was in 1625

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“Unremarkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unremarkable. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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