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nondescript

[ non-di-skript ]

adjective

  1. of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind:

    a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid:

    The private detective deliberately wore nondescript clothes.



noun

  1. a person or a thing of no particular or notable type or kind.

nondescript

/ ˈɒԻɪˌɪ /

adjective

  1. lacking distinct or individual characteristics; having no outstanding features
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a nondescript person or thing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nondescript1

1675–85; non- + Latin ŧīٳܲ (past participle of ŧī to describe, define, represent; describe )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nondescript1

C17: from non- + Latin ŧٳܲ, past participle of ŧ to copy, describe
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The synthetic opioid drug is wrapped in foil, sealed in plastic, then dropped with an oily splash into the petrol tank of the trafficker's nondescript car.

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The place is in a nondescript business park but is loaded with state-of-the-art workout equipment and pulses with the type of music you’d hear in an NFL locker room.

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Outside the convention center, Lamar Flucas stood near the head of a line that snaked down Arroyo Parkway, holding out a cellphone playing nondescript recorded music.

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Christmas Day itself "will be a fairly cloudy, nondescript day", Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Rebekah Hicks added.

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It centres on 38 Oxley Road, a small and nondescript house sitting on a quiet street in Singapore's downtown that is estimated to be worth tens of millions of Singapore dollars.

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