as in boring
lacking in distinctive features or qualities
travelers settling for nondescript motel rooms that could be located anywhere
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Recent Examples of nondescript
This métier has been defined, in part, by Scott’s physical appearance, which straddles the line between hunky and nondescript—medium height, slightly hangdog eyes, thick chestnut hair that juts like a cockatiel’s crest.
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Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Once a nondescript building, Thirsty Beaver is hard to pass and not wonder about today — the way cookie-cutter apartments wrap around it.
—Laura Barrero, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Not wishy-washy George Clooney, not low-life Mark Ruffalo, not obnoxious Edward Norton, not freaky boho Johnny Depp, not wimpy Ryan Gosling or nondescript Glen Powell.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
We were perched on a nondescript couch on the third floor of McQueen’s Saint-Germain temporary studio, surrounded by model boards and button trays.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Once a nondescript building, Thirsty Beaver is hard to pass and not wonder about today — the way cookie-cutter apartments wrap around it.
—Laura Barrero, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Not wishy-washy George Clooney, not low-life Mark Ruffalo, not obnoxious Edward Norton, not freaky boho Johnny Depp, not wimpy Ryan Gosling or nondescript Glen Powell.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
We were perched on a nondescript couch on the third floor of McQueen’s Saint-Germain temporary studio, surrounded by model boards and button trays.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nondescript
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The entire family is outraged, but Peter insists that the film is slow, boring and essentially, overrated.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Brittany Mahomes is giving boring game-day outfits the boot!—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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If the home cannot be accessed, individuals may meet the inspector in a neutral location.—
Jasmine Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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In Arteta’s pragmatic mind, every tactic is just a neutral tool to achieve a particular aim.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Bathrooms feature the cool tones of white, beige, and mocha marble with creamy matte white stand alone tubs ready for staff to fill with bubbles at the guest’s request.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The matching pants come in elegant black, statement-making neon pink, neutral taupe beige, and more colors.—
Nneya Richards,
Parents,
13 Jan. 2025
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Waves of faceless enemies are thrown at the player to be defeated, occasionally punctuating in a higher-stakes showdown with a more dangerous foe.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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Luigi Mangione — the man charged in the Dec. 4 shooting and killing of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare — was still a nameless, faceless gathering of pixels in grainy surveillance footage when a slice of the internet christened him a folk hero.—
Joshua Hunt,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Some carmakers seemed to applaud the president’s actions, while others were noncommittal.—
Jack Ewing,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Some Republican senators—including Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska—have remained noncommittal on his nomination.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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On the thirteenth-century tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is shown wide awake and reading, while her dull and kingly husband sleeps for all eternity.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Dune: Part Two, another fantasy of third-world power struggle, is dull but dedicated to globalism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Nondescript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondescript. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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