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Recent Examples of undistinguished
In 2014, the land beneath 100 West 57th sold to owners who seemed keen to take advantage of the block’s transformation from a somewhat undistinguished Midtown thoroughfare of souvenir shops and mid-tier buildings to Billionaire’s Row.
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 23 July 2025
An undistinguished song, and then the wildly oversung bit at the end leaves you with a flinch.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Critics found the Zumthor building design itself was undistinguished, looking more like a spaceship that had landed on the tar pits than a museum-worthy building.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Born into undistinguished families, this cartoonishly ambitious couple hustled to make George a titan of industry.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 June 2025
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 23 July 2025
An undistinguished song, and then the wildly oversung bit at the end leaves you with a flinch.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Critics found the Zumthor building design itself was undistinguished, looking more like a spaceship that had landed on the tar pits than a museum-worthy building.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Born into undistinguished families, this cartoonishly ambitious couple hustled to make George a titan of industry.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undistinguished
Adjective
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Mandy throws the table off of her and then performs an unremarkable but totally energetic version of the track, with lots of stunts but not a ton of musicality.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2026
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Ethylene oxide was once considered an unremarkable pollutant.—
Lisa Song,
ProPublica,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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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Rake and trail figures are an unexceptional 24.5 degrees and 100 mm, with a wheelbase of 56.5 inches (1,435 mm).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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On the cover is a black and white photo of a man, a woman’s arms wrapped around his neck, her face out of focus and half out of frame, his eyes averted, his face handsome and pensive, her face unimportant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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How, exactly, Olandria Carthen found herself at the Bridgerton premiere in Paris is unimportant.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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So is her ability to see value in even the smallest, most seemingly-insignificant object.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
12 Jan. 2026
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Competitions 'each more insignificant than the last' Shiver, first held in 2018, was canceled at least once before, in the pandemic years of 2021.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Undistinguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undistinguished. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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