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单词 nondescript
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Definition of nondescript in English:

nondescript

adjective ˈnɒndɪskrɪptˌnɑndəˈskrɪpt
  • Lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics.

    she lived in a nondescript suburban apartment block
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The building is a refreshing place of hope amid the uninspiring concrete and nondescript buildings found in the city.
    • Standing nearby is a plain, nondescript man in a chauffeur's uniform.
    • Huesca was as nondescript a provincial town as our friends had said it would be.
    • The result is charmingly eclectic, and quite unique for Bulgaria, where nondescript design still prevails.
    • Now 19 men waited in nondescript hotel rooms to board four flights the next morning.
    • I had never really looked at the ceiling above my bathtub before, and I found it quite nondescript, quite boring.
    • Fox ambled away and, returning ten minutes later, found the two merchants loading nondescript crates onto their shuttle.
    • The small, nondescript moth is seldom noticed as it flies in the evening.
    • He had a shock of the brightest red hair I had ever seen on a human being, with rather nondescript gray eyes.
    • It's just that the place is suburban and somewhat nondescript, although it does have a nice river running through it.
    • It lies in a modest, nondescript building in a leafy neighborhood of Vancouver.
    • They posed in hallways, foyers, in front of doors, in generally nondescript spaces.
    • Instead, she headed for the small, nondescript building about twenty yards away.
    • Basically, he's a nice sort of nondescript guy, who spends a weekend hanging out with odd groups.
    • The cashier, a middle-aged woman with nondescript features, cleared her throat and pointed to the right.
    • Most species of freshwater mussels are nondescript and difficult to distinguish from one another.
    • To them, he is just another nondescript resident who strives hard for a square meal a day.
    • Aykan's house was one in a street of nondescript redbricks, and I was staring at it for several seconds before I saw that anything was wrong.
    • After the standard rambling walk following his contact he found himself at another nondescript West End hotel.
    • Arriving to an enthusiastic welcome in the nondescript village, he shed his characteristic reserve.
    Synonyms
    undistinguished, featureless, characterless, unremarkable, unexceptional, unmemorable, blending into the background
    ordinary, commonplace, average, mediocre, run-of-the-mill, mundane
    uninteresting, boring, uninspiring, dull, colourless, grey, anaemic, insipid, bland
    informal bog-standard
    British informal common or garden
noun ˈnɒndɪskrɪptˌnɑndəˈskrɪpt
  • A nondescript person or thing.

    the nondescripts were straight out of the nine-to-five banking bureaucracy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The patron is a nondescript in late middle age who shakes his head.
    • It is the most costly farce ever misinterpreted by a group of nondescripts.

Derivatives

  • nondescriptly

  • adverb
    • Otherwise, I would not have noticed as it now blends in nondescriptly, with the rest of the businesses.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Dressing nondescriptly can broadcast the message, ‘I'm not looking.’
      • The temperature reads 81 degrees on a typically hot July day in South Carolina, and a 55-foot sport fishing boat sits almost nondescriptly in the waters off of Hilton Head Island.
      • The Badger was a bit past middle age, and dressed nondescriptly.
      • I follow these fleeting figures and shapes down a dimly lit hallway, to a room nondescriptly marked "4".
  • nondescriptness

  • noun
    • In fact, when Sir William visited the college last year, he was an inspiration to today's students, who were struck by the essential humility of the man, his apparent nondescriptness, yet, his extraordinary sense of achievement.

Origin

Late 17th century (in the sense 'not previously described or identified scientifically'): from non- + obsolete descript 'described, engraved' (from Latin descriptus).

 
 

Definition of nondescript in US English:

nondescript

adjectiveˌnɑndəˈskrɪptˌnändəˈskript
  • Lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics.

    she lived in a nondescript suburban apartment block
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Basically, he's a nice sort of nondescript guy, who spends a weekend hanging out with odd groups.
    • They posed in hallways, foyers, in front of doors, in generally nondescript spaces.
    • It's just that the place is suburban and somewhat nondescript, although it does have a nice river running through it.
    • The cashier, a middle-aged woman with nondescript features, cleared her throat and pointed to the right.
    • To them, he is just another nondescript resident who strives hard for a square meal a day.
    • Most species of freshwater mussels are nondescript and difficult to distinguish from one another.
    • Instead, she headed for the small, nondescript building about twenty yards away.
    • I had never really looked at the ceiling above my bathtub before, and I found it quite nondescript, quite boring.
    • It lies in a modest, nondescript building in a leafy neighborhood of Vancouver.
    • Arriving to an enthusiastic welcome in the nondescript village, he shed his characteristic reserve.
    • After the standard rambling walk following his contact he found himself at another nondescript West End hotel.
    • Now 19 men waited in nondescript hotel rooms to board four flights the next morning.
    • The result is charmingly eclectic, and quite unique for Bulgaria, where nondescript design still prevails.
    • Fox ambled away and, returning ten minutes later, found the two merchants loading nondescript crates onto their shuttle.
    • The small, nondescript moth is seldom noticed as it flies in the evening.
    • Huesca was as nondescript a provincial town as our friends had said it would be.
    • He had a shock of the brightest red hair I had ever seen on a human being, with rather nondescript gray eyes.
    • Aykan's house was one in a street of nondescript redbricks, and I was staring at it for several seconds before I saw that anything was wrong.
    • Standing nearby is a plain, nondescript man in a chauffeur's uniform.
    • The building is a refreshing place of hope amid the uninspiring concrete and nondescript buildings found in the city.
    Synonyms
    undistinguished, featureless, characterless, unremarkable, unexceptional, unmemorable, blending into the background
nounˌnɑndəˈskrɪptˌnändəˈskript
  • A nondescript person or thing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is the most costly farce ever misinterpreted by a group of nondescripts.
    • The patron is a nondescript in late middle age who shakes his head.

Origin

Late 17th century (in the sense ‘not previously described or identified scientifically’): from non- + obsolete descript ‘described, engraved’ (from Latin descriptus).

 
 
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