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Recent Examples of undistinguished
Which is not to say the performances are undistinguished.
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Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undistinguished
Adjective
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Her family stays on beside the ruins, and the film charts how occupation and its aftermath become the unremarkable background of her adolescence.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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That galleries from the Global South now stand on equal footing with their counterparts from New York and London feels almost unremarkable today.—
Mina Al-Oraibi,
Time,
14 Apr. 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
Adjective
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There’s no unimportant royal gossip, apparently.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Apr. 2026
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If however, we were often criticized and made to feel unimportant, our self-talk may be more negative.—
Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That's not an insignificant sum.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Now that the Clippers have lost in the play-in, their pick will go into the draft lottery, and the Thunder will have a not-insignificant chance at a top-four pick.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Undistinguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undistinguished. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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