If you describe someone or something as undistinguished, you mean they are not attractive, interesting, or successful.
...his short and undistinguished career as an art student.
...this rather undistinguished, grimy industrial town.
Synonyms: ordinary, mediocre, unremarkable, everyday More Synonyms of undistinguished
undistinguished in British English
(ˌʌndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt)
adjective
1.
not particularly good or bad
an undistinguished career
2.
without distinction
undistinguished features
Examples of 'undistinguished' in a sentence
undistinguished
He would have been the first to admit that his political career was undistinguished.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Our propensity to indulge in crude condemnation has a long, undistinguished history.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Direct producers would have an undistinguished career, although they had their champions for many years.
Christy Campbell PHYLLOXERA: How Wine was Saved for the World (2004)
It is populist to promise that prices will be lower, but price controls have an undistinguished history.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
His Vietnam war career was undistinguished.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His academic career had been undistinguished, and he was playing for a local club when a chance encounter changed his life.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But they could have asked that question at any point in Prezza's long and undistinguished political career.
The Sun (2009)
The thank-you speech that seems to last almost the length of the film itself has a long, undistinguished history.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She has been successful in her career while I have married and have a loving partner but because of frequent illness have had an undistinguished work record.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But I think if France is in your blood you really have to love those undistinguished little northern towns best.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
(adjective)
Definition
not particularly good or bad
his short and undistinguished career as an art student
Synonyms
ordinary
The food here is cheap, but very ordinary.
mediocre
His university record was mediocre.
unremarkable
everyday
an exhilarating escape from the drudgery of everyday life
pedestrian
His style is so pedestrian that the book is really boring.
indifferent
She had starred in several indifferent movies.
commonplace
The practice was virtually unheard of twenty years ago, but has now become commonplace.
vanilla (informal)
I've just got a plain vanilla insurance policy.
so-so (informal)
Their lunch was only so-so.
prosaic
the aimless monotony of our prosaic everyday life
run-of-the-mill
I was a run-of-the-mill kind of student.
unimpressive
unexciting
unexceptional
a pretty unexceptional bunch of players
no great shakes (informal)
The album is no great shakes.
nothing to write home about (informal)
Opposites
striking
,
impressive
,
extraordinary
,
outstanding
,
remarkable
,
distinguished
,
exceptional
,
notable
,
exciting
Additional synonyms
in the sense of commonplace
Definition
dull or unoriginal
The practice was virtually unheard of twenty years ago, but has now become commonplace.
Synonyms
everyday,
common,
ordinary,
widespread,
pedestrian,
customary,
mundane,
vanilla (slang),
banal,
run-of-the-mill,
humdrum,
dime-a-dozen (informal),
trite,
uninteresting
in the sense of everyday
Definition
suitable for or used on ordinary days
an exhilarating escape from the drudgery of everyday life
Synonyms
ordinary,
common,
usual,
familiar,
conventional,
routine,
dull,
stock,
accustomed,
customary,
commonplace,
mundane,
vanilla (slang),
banal,
habitual,
run-of-the-mill,
unimaginative,
workaday,
unexceptional,
bog-standard (British, Irish, slang),
common or garden (informal),
dime-a-dozen (informal),
wonted
in the sense of indifferent
Definition
of only average standard or quality
She had starred in several indifferent movies.
Synonyms
mediocre,
middling,
average,
fair,
ordinary,
moderate,
insignificant,
unimportant,
so-so (informal),
immaterial,
passable,
undistinguished,
uninspired,
of no consequence,
no great shakes (informal),
half-pie (New Zealand, informal)
Nearby words of
undistinguished
undisclosed
undisguised
undisputed
undistinguished
undisturbed
undivided
undo
Synonyms of 'undistinguished'
undistinguished
Explore 'undistinguished' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of mediocre
Definition
not very high quality
His university record was mediocre.
Synonyms
second-rate,
average,
ordinary,
indifferent,
middling,
pedestrian,
inferior,
commonplace,
vanilla (slang),
insignificant,
so-so (informal),
banal,
tolerable (informal),
run-of-the-mill,
passable,
undistinguished,
uninspired,
bog-standard (British, Irish, slang),
no great shakes (informal),
half-pie (New Zealand, informal),
fair to middling (informal),
meh (slang)
in the sense of no great shakes
The album is no great shakes.
Synonyms
unexceptional,
mediocre,
not very good,
rubbish,
pedestrian,
crap (slang),
indifferent,
unremarkable,
run-of-the-mill,
uninspiring,
undistinguished,
unimpressive,
nothing to write home about (informal),
half-pie (New Zealand, informal)
in the sense of pedestrian
Definition
dull or commonplace
His style is so pedestrian that the book is really boring.