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[ uhn-di-sting-gwisht ] / ˌʌn dɪˈstɪŋ gwɪʃt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR undistinguished ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving no distinguishing marks or features. without any claim to distinction: an undistinguished performance. unnoticed; inconspicuous: He was an undistinguished part of the crowd. not separated or divided, as by sets or categories. Origin of undistinguishedFirst recorded in 1585–95; un-1 + distinguished SYNONYMS FOR undistinguished1 ordinary, common, unexceptional, unremarkable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR undistinguished ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby undistinguishedundisguised, undisposed, undisputed, undisputed world champion, undissociated, undistinguished, undistributed, undistributed middle, undisturbed, undivided, undivided profits Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for undistinguishedBut it does signal that the status quo is up for grabs and that undistinguished pols like Cantor should be shaking in their boots. Now Let’s Replace All the Other Big-Spending Eric Cantors|Nick Gillespie|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST When she graduated from Mount Holyoke College, leaving behind an undistinguished record, she was floundering. What Wendy Knew|Julie Salamon|August 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST No doubt Chatwin's elevated sense of otherworldliness originated partly in embarrassment over his undistinguished background. The Enigmatic Nomad|Kirk Davis Swinehart|February 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST Shakedowns of this kind have a long and undistinguished history. Obama's Shameless BP Shakedown|Reihan Salam|June 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He, like his ancestors, was a notary, and not undistinguished for sagacity. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch|Petrarch His drawing was loose and undistinguished; his sense of humour, such as it was, unrefined; and his fun exaggerated and false. The History of "Punch"|M. H. Spielmann It was close kin to the room in which he had left Miss Grierson: ornate, undistinguished, and very expensive. Children of the Whirlwind|Leroy Scott On the 2d of October, 1780, a young British officer of undistinguished birth and inconsiderable rank was hanged at Tappan. Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860|Various As for its legs, the right was a hoe-handle, and the left an undistinguished and miscellaneous stick from the wood-pile. Short Stories of Various Types|Various
British Dictionary definitions for undistinguished
adjectivenot particularly good or badan undistinguished career without distinctionundistinguished 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 Words related to undistinguishedunremarkable, prosaic, generic, so-so, uninspired, uneventful, mediocre, average, common, commonplace, dull, everyday, fair, mean, modest, normal, pedestrian, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill |