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单词 nondescript
释义 non·de·script
I. \|nändə̇|skript\ adjective
Etymology: non- (I) + Latin descriptus, past participle of describere to describe — more at describe
1. archaic : not hitherto described
2. : lacking distinguishing characteristics or a distinctive character : belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described : unclassifiable, indeterminate, indescribable
 < clad in nondescript gray clothes and battered black hat — Rex Ingamells >
 < a section of nondescript row houses — American Guide Series: Virginia >
 < a nondescript mixture of styles in the worst possible taste — G.B.Shaw >
II. noun
(-s)
1. archaic : something (as a species of plant or mineral) not hitherto described
2. : someone or something lacking distinguishing characteristics or a distinctive character : an individual not easily classified or of no particular class or kind
 < the famous turquoise eyes had washed out to a milky nondescript — Budd Schulberg >
 < a wizened old nondescript — Norman Douglas >
 < the rush of prospectors, middlemen, gamblers, outlaws, and nondescriptsAmerican Guide Series: Nevada >
 < ranging from the landlord to the lowest stable nondescript — Charles Dickens >
 < cattle in the region, 80 percent of which were crossbred nondescriptsFarmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
3. : the bottom or near the bottom grade of marketable tobacco
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