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单词 unexceptional
释义

unexceptional

adjective

un·​ex·​cep·​tion·​al
ˌən-ik-ˈsep-shnəl,
-shə-nᵊl How to pronounce unexceptional (audio)
: not out of the ordinary : commonplace

Synonyms

  • average
  • common
  • commonplace
  • cut-and-dried
  • cut-and-dry
  • everyday
  • garden-variety
  • normal
  • ordinary
  • prosaic
  • routine
  • run-of-the-mill
  • standard
  • standard-issue
  • unremarkable
  • usual
  • workaday
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Example Sentences

As an actor he was unexceptional, but he had a beautiful singing voice. the physicist, now regarded as one of the brightest minds in science, was an unexceptional student as a child
Recent Examples on the Web Most of the groupings are unexceptional—for example, monographs, government reports, and biographies. Eric Foner, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 Social scores for the Secrets of Dumbledore were solid, if unexceptional: 8.7 on Maoyan, 8.7 from Alibaba’s Taopiaopiao and 6.7 on Douban. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2022 Interspersed with the stories are photographs taken by the author of unexceptional scenes in city parks and residential neighborhoods. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022 His subject is the complexities of specific human beings—appealingly unexceptional ones—and the trials, large and small, that life throws their way. Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 4 May 2022 Expecting to see unexceptional posts from your friends makes users more generous with one another, and with themselves. New York Times, 10 May 2022 The wreck was just one in a steady and unexceptional stream of crises in Oakland that night: harrowing, but low on the priority list for the city’s police officers. Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2022 The clips are paired with unexceptional small sculptures of the dancer engulfed in rippling bronze rather than gossamer robes. Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022 But an inferior tee shot led to a bailout, an unexceptional chip and a two-putt par. Bill Pennington, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined above

unexceptional

adjective

as in ordinary
being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events the physicist, now regarded as one of the brightest minds in science, was an unexceptional student as a child

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • ordinary
  • normal
  • usual
  • average
  • typical
  • unremarkable
  • commonplace
  • common
  • standard
  • prosaic
  • routine
  • customary
  • everyday
  • workaday
  • familiar
  • run-of-the-mill
  • expected
  • standard-issue
  • regular
  • cut-and-dried
  • cut-and-dry
  • garden-variety
  • predictable
  • homely
  • unextraordinary
  • plain
  • unimportant
  • popular
  • par for the course
  • trivial
  • insignificant
  • vulgar
  • frequent
  • natural
  • habitual
  • plain-Jane
  • wonted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • extraordinary
  • unusual
  • exceptional
  • abnormal
  • odd
  • strange
  • peculiar
  • atypical
  • anomalous
  • quaint
  • rare
  • funny
  • untypical
  • aberrant
  • irregular
  • curious
  • scarce
  • bizarre
  • phenomenal
  • fantastic
  • outstanding
  • outrageous
  • queer
  • idiosyncratic
  • fantastical
  • eccentric
  • weird
  • unorthodox
  • unconventional
  • out-of-the-way
  • notable
  • wild
  • conspicuous
  • oddball
  • prominent
  • offbeat
  • striking
  • wacky
  • unique
  • unprecedented
  • freakish
  • outré
  • salient
  • singular
  • nonconformist
  • unparalleled
  • unexampled
  • whacky
  • recherché
  • novel
  • signal
  • kooky
  • freak
  • Kafkaesque
  • way-out
  • far-out
  • kookie
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