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Recent Examples of undistinguished
This isn’t like, say, banning Kamala Harris from running for president in 2019 -- a no-hoper destined to sink among a pack of otherwise undistinguished contenders.
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Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025
This undistinguished cartoon about three maidens holding up a building is not a story but a situation stretched out to six minutes.
—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
This was his greatest success because Darnold had six undistinguished seasons under his belt before O’Connell molded him into a top-six quarterback in the NFL.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Murphy had proven that comedy mined from Black culture could power classic SNL sketches, but other young Black comics like Damon Wayans and Chris Rock had undistinguished tenures before blowing up as stars elsewhere.
—Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
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Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025
This undistinguished cartoon about three maidens holding up a building is not a story but a situation stretched out to six minutes.
—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
This was his greatest success because Darnold had six undistinguished seasons under his belt before O’Connell molded him into a top-six quarterback in the NFL.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Murphy had proven that comedy mined from Black culture could power classic SNL sketches, but other young Black comics like Damon Wayans and Chris Rock had undistinguished tenures before blowing up as stars elsewhere.
—Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undistinguished
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The Warriors have pushed him to be a beast on the glass, but historically, players rarely change their stripes in this realm, and his rebound rate has stayed right around 10.0 percent his whole career — fine for a combo forward but unremarkable.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Reading was an unremarkable activity, essentially unchanged since the advent of the modern publishing industry, in the nineteenth century.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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The titular protagonist is an unexceptional accountant.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2025
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Image In Mill Valley, a rather unexceptional house can cost $2 million, and life is good for those who can afford it.—
Heather Knight,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The topics change, but the emotional undercurrent stays the same: one or both partners feel unimportant, unseen or unacknowledged.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The most important & unimportant poetry transpires when water & mirror separate you into layers.—
Terrance Hayes,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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By contrast, during recessions, employee relations scores are insignificant, and high-CSR firms are able to raise more debt at lower spreads, better credit ratings, and longer maturities.—
Bhakti Mirchandani,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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To read and advocate for books during this crisis is a small but not insignificant act of resistance.—
Donna Seaman
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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“Undistinguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undistinguished. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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