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

Each time, either the regular-season tilt or the Rose Bowl itself was a classic and the other game was unremarkable. —Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025

The answer usually lies in the mundane: the ability to show up, the unremarkable routine, the persistence and the small, steady steps that add up over time. —Dr. Rina Koshkina, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024

These strategies are now unremarkable enough to be taught to kids in schools. —Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024

The trip is really propaganda, meant to support’s Japan’s colonial expansion policy, and the naive Aoyama sends home a series of unremarkable essays to be published in Mainland Japanese papers. —Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above