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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024non•de•script /ˌnɑndɪˈskrɪpt/USA pronunciation adj. - undistinguished or dull;
without interest or character;
not easily noticed:nondescript clothes.
See -scrib-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024non•de•script (non′di skript′),USA pronunciation adj. - of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind:a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- undistinguished or uninteresting;
dull or insipid:The private detective deliberately wore nondescript clothes.
n. - a person or a thing of no particular or notable type or kind.
- 1675–85; non- + Latin dēscrīptus (past participle of dēscrībere to describe, define, represent; see describe)
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged undistinctive, usual, ordinary, unexceptional.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nondescript /ˈnɒndɪˌskrɪpt/ adj - lacking distinct or individual characteristics; having no outstanding features
n - a nondescript person or thing
Etymology: 17th Century: from non- + Latin dēscriptus, past participle of dēscribere to copy, describe |