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单词 unremarkable
释义
unremarkableun‧re‧mark‧a‧ble /ˌʌnrɪˈmɑːkəbəl◂ $ -ɑːr-/ adjective formal Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Josh was, I thought, a pleasant but unremarkable young man.
  • She had a pale and unremarkable face.
  • She had had just one adventure in her otherwise unremarkable life.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • At the time of his appointment to the viceroyalty Irwin was putting in an unremarkable stint as Minister of Agriculture.
  • It was an unremarkable street: two rows of small houses, little shops, a pub.
  • The differences are therefore in the expected direction but so slight as to be unremarkable.
  • The dressing table revealed nothing and the bed-tables were unremarkable.
  • The salmon was fairly simple, just some thinly sliced grilled fish on unremarkable toast points.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorvery ordinary, and without any interesting or unusual features
· The house was clean and well kept, but very ordinary.· It's surprising that a girl as attractive as Sarah is going out with someone so ordinary looking.
a person or object that is nondescript is not at all interesting to look at because they have no special or unusual features: · The only people in the waiting room were a couple of rather nondescript elderly ladies.· The detective drives a nondescript blue Ford, perfect for observing people unnoticed.· They were an average family living a boring life in a nondescript little house in the suburbs.
very ordinary and not containing anything interesting, shocking etc, often in order to avoid offending or upsetting anyone: · The language in her speech was deliberately bland.· Most job descriptions are bland, boring and totally lacking in colour.· The college's bland appearance made it seem a little unfriendly.
someone or something that is unremarkable is very ordinary and not especially different from most other people or things: · She had had just one adventure in her otherwise unremarkable life.· Josh was, I thought, a pleasant but unremarkable young man.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounremarkadjectiveremarkableunremarkableverbremarkadverbremarkably
not very unusual or interesting SYN  ordinary:  He led a busy but otherwise unremarkable life.
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