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Recent Examples of undistinguished
After three mostly undistinguished seasons in Washington, Wallace eventually developed into one of the best interior defenders in league history, a four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and a five-time All-NBA selection who became a key force on the 2003-04 Pistons’ championship team.
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The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
When Dana, who, like Virginia, had been successful in writing pleasant but undistinguished nothings—in her case, songs for Billy Rose’s revues—decided to try taking on more serious music by studying with Boulanger, Virginia entered a deep downward spiral.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Despite these successes at work, Ron scans as a discomfited and undistinguished middle manager.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025
Buick is a great American premium car brand that has fallen on hard times in recent years, reduced to selling undistinguished SUVs in the U.S.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025
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The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
When Dana, who, like Virginia, had been successful in writing pleasant but undistinguished nothings—in her case, songs for Billy Rose’s revues—decided to try taking on more serious music by studying with Boulanger, Virginia entered a deep downward spiral.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Despite these successes at work, Ron scans as a discomfited and undistinguished middle manager.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025
Buick is a great American premium car brand that has fallen on hard times in recent years, reduced to selling undistinguished SUVs in the U.S.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undistinguished
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The Lick On an otherwise unremarkable day, a young woman in a gray Chevy Impala pulled up to the front of a sprawling modern home in a sleepy Florida town.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
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Each joke is more unremarkable than the last and likely to slip out of one’s memory cleanly like a high-fiber bowel movement.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That’s why nominating another batch of respectable but unexceptional candidates—the preference of the party’s DC establishment—could be deadly.—
Chris Smith,
Vanity Fair,
16 Feb. 2026
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Dad had always told me his father was a naval officer who'd had an unexceptional career and died suddenly in a traffic accident.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
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But until that moment, the one when Towns sank a seemingly unimportant bucket during what turned into a 49-point decimation of the 76ers, those types of shots had evaporated.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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His decision not to include a female gold medalist sent a clear message to the nation about how unimportant women’s wins are to the White House.—
Megan Schrader,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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For someone who has spent most of his life feeling insignificant, that sudden attention can easily create the illusion that his fate might finally be changing.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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Even as a not insignificant portion of the nation draws a blanket of isolationism, xenophobia and monolinguality ever more tightly around itself, another faction has grown more interested in what’s happening around the world, and more accepting of TV shows and movies not in English.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Undistinguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undistinguished. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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