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/ ˌnɒn dɪˈskrɪpt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective 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.
noun a person or a thing of no particular or notable type or kind.
Origin of nondescript 1675–85; non- + Latin dēscrīptus (past participle of dēscrībere to describe, define, represent; see describe)
SYNONYMS FOR nondescript 1 undistinctive, usual, ordinary, unexceptional.
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British Dictionary definitions for nondescript adjective lacking distinct or individual characteristics; having no outstanding features
noun a nondescript person or thing
Word Origin for nondescript C17: from non- + Latin dēscriptus, past participle of dēscribere to copy, describe
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