NONDESCRIPT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

nondescript

adjective

ˌnän-di-ˈskript

Definition of nondescript

as in boring

lacking in distinctive features or qualities travelers settling for nondescript motel rooms that could be located anywhere

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Recent Examples of nondescript As the teams played a nondescript game, a 4-1 Mets win, the four-man umpire crew made routine checks with players to make sure everyone was still fine with doing this. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 16 July 2026 After a couple of nondescript seasons, Baines came of age in 1982, hitting 25 home runs and driving in 105. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026 Soriano gave up three runs over five innings in a 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, another in a two-month stretch of nondescript outings. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 12 July 2026 The other is on the second floor of a nondescript building on the campus of Wichita State University. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for nondescript

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Adjective

Christian flat out tells Bryan to do anything else because the gown is so boring, but Bryan could not be more disinterested in his advice.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026
Just a year ago, $100,000 was considered a relatively 'boring’ price for bitcoin.

— Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of boring

Adjective

According to her, these include a well-fitting pair of jeans, a neutral blazer, and quality basic T-shirts and button-downs.

— Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2026
Infantino’s traditional support base in Africa, which has 54 of the 211 voting members, had been neutral about the offers of game-changing money for many of them.

— Graham Dunbar, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of neutral

Adjective

For more than a century, Anna Horan’s gravesite was one of the thousands marked by squat, featureless headstones arranged in uneven rows along the hillside in New Haven’s Blake Street Cemetery.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
Shortly after the Big Bang, the universe was largely featureless and smooth.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026

Definition of featureless

Adjective

Nowadays, old-school residents bemoan the neighborhood’s evolution from grungy to grandiose; what was once a warren of hedonism has become a breeding ground for characterless watering holes whose lack of personality is bested only by the exorbitance of their beer prices.

— Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
Dąbrowski is pictured taking a catnap in a sleeping bag in some characterless photo studio.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

Definition of characterless

Adjective

Or will Dundon, who has been noncommittal about staying, move the team?

— Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been noncommittal on the House package that also divides his own GOP majority, with some Republican senators preferring more money for the military and others demanding the costs be offset with cuts elsewhere.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of noncommittal

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While laminate has a protective coating that shields it from damage, using the wrong cleaning products will etch away at this top layer and dull its shine.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 31 July 2026
As the years go by, the hair shaft tends to thin out, resulting in strands that are more fragile, dull, and brittle.

— Laura Scafati, Vanity Fair, 31 July 2026

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