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unremarkable

adjective

un·​re·​mark·​able ˌən-ri-ˈmär-kə-bəl How to pronounce unremarkable (audio)
Synonyms of unremarkablenext
: 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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And for most people — and all children — the entirety of the day itself is boring, unremarkable and undramatic. Alex Ross Perry, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025 Pribula, just one month after dislocating his ankle against Vanderbilt, made the start for the Tigers but was mostly unremarkable outside of leading an eight-minute scoring drive to start the game. Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 23 Nov. 2025 Opposite the workers’ wall, a bust of Gutzon Borglum created by his son, Lincoln, rests on a pedestal, the sculptor’s bald dome and fluffy mustache the two physical landmarks on an otherwise unremarkable face. Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025 In just over 100 pages, Johnson stitches together vignettes of love, labor, and loss from Grainier’s poignantly unremarkable life. Rory Doherty, Time, 21 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unremarkable

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 4 Dec. 2025.

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