单词	nondescript
释义	nondescriptnon‧de‧script /ˈnɒndəˌskrɪpt $ ˌnɑːndəˈskrɪpt/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINnondescript Origin: 1600-1700 non- + Latin descriptus, past participle of describere; ➔ DESCRIBE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a nondescript gray suit The detective drives a nondescript blue Ford, perfect for observing people unnoticed. The only people in the waiting room were a couple of rather nondescript elderly ladies. They were an average family living a boring life in a nondescript little house in the suburbs. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Diana cut a nondescript figure in her checked shirt, her sister's anorak, cords and wellington boots. Further to the right the cliff becomes rather nondescript until a shallow, right-facing corner offers access to a fine steep wall. He would show the secret symmetries in a nondescript life. Nothing wrong with it, but at first I thought it was nondescript, and then I thought it felt weird. Now, he wrote, it is in a little room in a nondescript Victorian terraced house in a side-street in South London. Yet this nondescript clay pot endures. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorvery ordinary, and without any interesting or unusual features► ordinary · The house was clean and well kept, but very ordinary.· It's surprising that a girl as attractive as Sarah is going out with someone so ordinary looking. ► nondescript a person or object that is nondescript is not at all interesting to look at because they have no special or unusual features: · The only people in the waiting room were a couple of rather nondescript elderly ladies.· The detective drives a nondescript blue Ford, perfect for observing people unnoticed.· They were an average family living a boring life in a nondescript little house in the suburbs. ► bland very ordinary and not containing anything interesting, shocking etc, often in order to avoid offending or upsetting anyone: · The language in her speech was deliberately bland.· Most job descriptions are bland, boring and totally lacking in colour.· The college's bland appearance made it seem a little unfriendly. ► unremarkable someone or something that is unremarkable is very ordinary and not especially different from most other people or things: · She had had just one adventure in her otherwise unremarkable life.· Josh was, I thought, a pleasant but unremarkable young man. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectivedescribable ≠ indescribablenondescriptdescriptivenoundescriptionverbdescribeadverbdescriptively someone or something that is nondescript looks very ordinary and is not at all interesting or unusual:  a rather nondescript suburban house
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