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In some senses, nondescript is marked as archaic, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
nondescript
UK /ˈnɒndɪskɹɪpt/ US /nɑndəˈskɹɪpt/
noun 3adj 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
fine, inscrutable, other, paintless, silver, unapproachable, under
VERB + NONDESCRIPT
born, drove, hidden, like, made
NONDESCRIPT + NOUN
person, scots, sedan, stone, town, you'd
PREP.
in, in, unlike, up
ADV.
almost
Definitions
adj
1
Not described (in the academic literature).
2
Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics.
He drove a nondescript silver sedan.
There was, besides, a Scots mason, known from his favourite dish as "Irish Stew," three or four nondescript Scots, a fine young Irishman, O'Reilly, and a pair of young men who deserve a special word of condemnation.
noun
1
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.
2
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.
3
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — lacking distinct or individual characteristics
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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He drove a nondescript silver sedan.
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There was, besides, a Scots mason, known from his favourite dish as "Irish Stew," three or four nondescript Scots, a fine young Irishman, O'Reilly, and a pair of young men who deserve a special word o
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In 1919, demobilisation specials from Purfleet, Essex, to the North, usually made up of nondescript, almost paintless or grey stock which had seen long wartime service, chalked with slogans, were work
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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.
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In thoroughfares nigh the docks, any considerable seaport will frequently offer to view the queerest looking nondescripts from foreign parts.
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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 nondescript
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