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nondescript Definition

non·de·script (nän′di skript′, nän′di skript′)

adjective

  1. so lacking in recognizable character or qualities as to belong to no definite class or type; hard to classify or describe
  2. not interesting; colorless; drab

Etymology: < L non, not + descriptus, pp. of describere, describe

noun

a nondescript person or thing
  • nonderivative
  • nonderogatory
  • nondespotic
  • nondestructive
  • nondetachable
  • nondetonating
  • nondevelopment
  • nondevotional
nondescript Synonyms

nondescript

modif.

uninteresting, empty, indescribable; see common 1, dull 4.

nondescript Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • appearance: So they tend to run pictures of distinctive looking people more often than of people with a nondescript appearance.
  • town: Home for him is Bindura, a nondescript rural town to the north of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital.
  • building: The large, rather nondescript building on the opposite side of the road once housed Bishop's Stortford's ' new ' telephone exchange.
  • house: It is a nondescript house, the only give-away is if his Rolls Royce is there with his name on the numberplate.
  • place: Good old GB is in a fairly nondescript 12th place, so nothing changed there.
  • pub: That to play in a nondescript pub pretending to have a field day?

Modifying Another Word

  • fairly: Crazy amount of money to spend on a fairly nondescript 80s bike with little historical or other significance.
  • rather: From here to the end of the road on the other side of town, the 244 cuts a rather nondescript path through Feltham.
  • pretty: In fact the whole of the first half was pretty nondescript with goalmouth action at a premium.
  • otherwise: This is important in terms of it acting as a community focus in an otherwise nondescript residential environment.
  • deliberately: He names them the Auxiliary Units, a deliberately nondescript title.
  • somewhat: The middle pick-up doesn't seem to be a popular choice, due to its somewhat nondescript sound.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Although the content of the Chancellor's speech seemed fairly nondescript this year, as always the devil is in the detail!