nondescript
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nondescript
- /ˈnɒndɪskɹɪpt/ UK
- /nɑndəˈskɹɪpt/ US
Where it comes from
From non- + descript (from Latin dēscrīptus, past participle of dēscrībō).
adjective more nondescript · most nondescript · non-descript
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Not described (in the academic literature).
Similar: undescribed, unidentified
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Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics.
He drove a nondescript silver sedan.
Similar: undescript, unexceptional, plain
noun nondescripts · non-descript
- A species or other type of creature that has not been previously described or identified. Imagination has given figure and character to centaurs, satyrs, and down to all the fairy tribe; but titles baffle even the powers of fancy, and are a chimerical non-descript.
- An undistinguished, unexceptional person or thing. In thoroughfares nigh the docks, any considerable seaport will frequently offer to view the queerest looking nondescripts from foreign parts.
- An unmarked police car. By a nice British compromise, the enforcement car — visible just then as a white spot on the television screen — has nothing externally to show its police affiliation, but unlike the CID's nondescripts, carries two large policemen in uniform.
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adj without distinguishing qualities
| Español | no descripto, poco descrito, cualquiera, banal, anodino, insulso |
|---|---|
| Français | banal, quelconque |
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title = {nondescript},
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