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Recent Examples of nondescript In February, Shapiro joined Lamm and three other Colossal scientists in a nondescript twenty-five-thousand-square-foot lab in the Dallas Market area. D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 The novel begins in a restaurant in the financial district that’s laughably nondescript. Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025 But navigating New Donk when the game arrived could feel like traversing a Gotham City under chemical attack from the Joker; beyond a somewhat rectangular expanse of city, the buildings grew nondescript, trailing off into an endless, hazy azure. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025 The nondescript building, which is located in the far corner of the lot off of Forest Lawn Drive, will not be replaced. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nondescript
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Adjective
  • Camilla told Newsweek that her husband, Linford, 32, works as a tunnel boring machine operator in London.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Take it from this guy, who bought the beautiful Starfield limited-edition Xbox controller, headset, and console wrap for over $200, only to play the game and dump it after 20 boring hours.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But the Royals’ offense continues to be stuck in neutral.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The sunny yellow is a standout for vacation photos, but there are also neutral colorway options to keep your look classic.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Belle wore a beige camisole top with thin straps and a flowing silhouette, which paired with short shorts and small crystal embellishments.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Superior Rooms sport the same look and feel as the top suites, each dressed in refined tones of wooden beige, walnut, grey, and mineral blue.
    Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Anger surges next, focused on faceless executives, a faltering economy, or even yourself.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Within seconds, the door was opened by a faceless robot dressed in a beige bodysuit that clung tight to its trim waist and long legs.
    Cade Metz, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • When asked what the future would look like, White was noncommittal about the number of fight cards and how the events would be broadcast under a new broadcast deal.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Barkin was noncommittal on where policy might shake out.
    Neil Irwin, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • For the rest of us, a real musical comedy is a cause for celebration; most are either too tuneless to be musicals or too dull to be comedies.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The additional compounds in matcha dull this effect.
    Helen Carefoot, Verywell Health, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Nondescript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondescript. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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