as in boring
lacking in distinctive features or qualities
travelers settling for nondescript motel rooms that could be located anywhere
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Recent Examples of nondescript
Still, this has always been the MO of the great psychedelic chemists: hiding in plain sight, whether in roadside barns and silos, or nondescript commercial spaces in snoozy Canadian office parks.
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John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
The West Hollywood coffee shop is on a nondescript stretch of Fountain Avenue.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
In February, Shapiro joined Lamm and three other Colossal scientists in a nondescript twenty-five-thousand-square-foot lab in the Dallas Market area.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
But navigating New Donk when the game arrived could feel like traversing a Gotham City under chemical attack from the Joker; beyond a somewhat rectangular expanse of city, the buildings grew nondescript, trailing off into an endless, hazy azure.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
The West Hollywood coffee shop is on a nondescript stretch of Fountain Avenue.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
In February, Shapiro joined Lamm and three other Colossal scientists in a nondescript twenty-five-thousand-square-foot lab in the Dallas Market area.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
But navigating New Donk when the game arrived could feel like traversing a Gotham City under chemical attack from the Joker; beyond a somewhat rectangular expanse of city, the buildings grew nondescript, trailing off into an endless, hazy azure.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nondescript
Adjective
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No more boring, irrelevant training modules—this is learning at the speed of work.—
Lisa Bodell,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Some of this may happen under cover of darkness, but much of it happens in the open, under cover of arcane technocracy or boring bureaucracy.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For one, the upstart Wings and dynastic Las Vegas Aces go to work at a particularly cool neutral site — Purcell Pavilion, home of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, cathedral to Muffet McGraw’s national championship program.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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There were about 140,000 Jews in the Netherlands, a neutral country, when the Germans arrived in 1940.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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The model opted for a short beige suede Loewe jacket over a plain white t-shirt, black straight leg jeans (the current denim silhouette du jour of the off-duty model), and black calf-hair ballet flats by The Row.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
4 May 2025
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Michelle, of course, put a Hailey-Bieber twist to the outfit by adding a pair of nude stilettos with PVC straps, chic sunglasses and a beige clutch.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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The shadowy, faceless reenactments of the murder are the hardest parts to watch.—
John J. Lennon,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2025
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But when he was brought to the screen in 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Galactus was rendered as a faceless space cloud — a rejection of the comics' colorful origins.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Manager Aaron Boone was noncommittal on Williams remaining the closer in his postgame comments.—
Daniel R. Epstein,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Asked about his future specifically, Pence was noncommittal.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The actors’ shared genetics help Kurt convincingly play the older Wyatt, and their natural charisma helps make even the dullest scenes eminently watchable.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 May 2025
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The light turned from orange to dull gray, and then Joe nudged my aching ribs — the tiger was standing in a glade 60 yards downhill.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
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“Nondescript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondescript. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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