How to Use undistinguished in a Sentence

undistinguished

adjective
  • But in Odette’s undistinguished prairie burg, this case has become the town’s claim to fame.
    Joyce Sáenz Harris, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2020
  • For the most part, though, his record in getting laws enacted is undistinguished.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • An homage to the Italian colonials, the spaghetti comes with a light tomato sauce, sometimes with ground beef, and is fairly undistinguished.
    Beth Segal, cleveland.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Isaac Tate's opponent in this election has an undistinguished record on the Council.
    Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Meulens, now the bench coach for the San Francisco Giants, had a short, undistinguished playing career with three teams.
    Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • His career was that of an undistinguished but long placeholder.
    WSJ, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The oldest of four boys, Thomas Milton Benson Jr. lived by all accounts an undistinguished early life.
    Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Minassian spent a brief and undistinguished two months in 2017 as a member of the Canadian Armed Forces before dropping out.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The crowd was held down by 95-degree heat in Los Angeles, a noon-hour kickoff, an undistinguished opponent and the fact students haven't returned to school.
    Eric Olson, ajc, 29 Aug. 2021
  • The only holdovers from the house’s undistinguished forerunner are its foundation, a chimney and two bedroom walls.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Then there’s the United States’ long and undistinguished track record in attempting to help develop and reform these countries.
    Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • If so, the Texan’s legacy would far outweigh his short, undistinguished tenure in Congress.
    David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Jacobs does at least have an eye for some unusual Los Angeles locations, though the visual style of the film as a whole is undistinguished.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2017
  • The three combined for 15 tackles and Bradham, in particular, played one of the best sideline-to-sideline game of an undistinguished career.
    Peter King, SI.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The building on San Vicente Boulevard in Brentwood is undistinguished.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2020
  • From these undistinguished origins arose Garner the gourmand.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2023
  • During his undistinguished two-year run as coach of the Broncos, that confidence seemed unharnessed.
    Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2018
  • In 2015, the Astros did have Hader, as a relatively undistinguished double-A prospect.
    Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 5 May 2018
  • Camp overlooked Healey simply because Healey was an undistinguished 190-pound end at Dartmouth.
    Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • This was a high point in an otherwise undistinguished defensive career for Oubre.
    Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 20 Dec. 2020
  • In 1899, the Rector, as Peabody was known, received Lockwood’s opinion on the school’s seal: undistinguished, inappropriate and dull.
    Maxwell Carter, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Oliver was the most surprising player to stick on the roster after his undistinguished performance last year and in the preseason.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Toscano-Anderson didn’t even bother to declare for the 2015 draft after an undistinguished four-year career at Marquette.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2021
  • Before his father’s death in 1494, his father, whom Vasari described as an undistinguished painter, imparted the rudiments of painting to his son at an early age.
    History Magazine, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Dallas Green is technically the third to manage both teams, albeit it for mostly undistinguished stints.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • An undistinguished group of Titans cornerbacks is going to need some help against rookie Colts wide receiver Alec Pierce.
    The Indianapolis Star, 23 Oct. 2022
  • After that, the work is generally agreed to have become indistinct and undistinguished.
    Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020
  • After that, the work is generally agreed to have become indistinct and undistinguished.
    Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
  • With the addition of the Brooklyn Tower’s top floor this week, the developer was ready to show off the 1,066-foot-tall building set amid a cluster of mostly undistinguished, glassy new high-rises in downtown Brooklyn.
    Ian Volner, Curbed, 27 Oct. 2021
  • State is easy-drinking, as advertised, but undistinguished.
    Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022

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