undistinguished

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Recent Examples of undistinguished 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 The project came into existence from the vapors at the end of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s undistinguished seven years in office. John Seiler, Oc Register, 31 May 2025 The emergence of Ayari has been a surprise following undistinguished loan spells in the Championship with Coventry City and Blackburn Rovers last season. Andy Naylor, New York Times, 17 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for undistinguished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undistinguished
Adjective
  • An otherwise unremarkable bank account belonging to a local Realtor suddenly began transferring cash to and from locations across the globe, including to Russia’s Sberbank.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • His existence as an unremarkable man is overturned, and as things spiral violently out of control, he is forced to flee and change his life completely in a movie that rides the new wave of French horror.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The monologue that led to Kimmel’s involuntary hiatus was thoroughly unexceptional for the show.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • If they were considered unimportant to the team’s chances of success, Zidane and Ancelotti did not worry too much if their feelings got hurt.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Mike Vrabel says his history there is unimportant.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The ‘major questions’ doctrine, a principle way to interpret statutes, prevents Congress from hiding major powers in insignificant laws.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • That demographic, not insignificant, isn’t directly pandered to and might wonder how Alexander Hamilton could be treated as a historical footnote.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Undistinguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undistinguished. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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