unremarkable

adjective

un·​re·​mark·​able ˌən-ri-ˈmär-kə-bəl 

: unworthy or unlikely to be noticed : not remarkable : common, ordinary

The village itself is unremarkable; its one great attribute being the nearby network of extensive caverns.

—Mark Blacksell

unremarkableness noun

unremarkably

ˌən-ri-ˈmär-kə-blē 

adverb

an unremarkably dressed man

Synonyms

• average
• common
• commonplace
• cut-and-dried
• cut-and-dry
• everyday
• garden-variety
• normal
• ordinary
• prosaic
• routine
• run-of-the-mill
• standard
• standard-issue
• unexceptional
• usual
• workaday

Examples of unremarkable in a Sentence

a quiet and unremarkable child

Recent Examples on the Web

With an overall respectable, though unremarkable, performance in his 11 games with the Red Sox, Newcomb is expected to catch on with another team in need of middle-relief or spot-starting help. —Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025

Verstappen's initial start from the line looked unremarkable, too—the Mercedes of George Russell seemed more of a threat to the pole man. —ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025

That this otherwise unremarkable wooden box, this little piece of history that bridges four generations, had a place in a ceremony that likely will forge the next generation is more than symbolic. —Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2025

Six weeks ago, the future of UCF’s basketball season appeared bleak and unremarkable. —Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unremarkable

• remarkable