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nondescript

UK /ˈnɒndɪskɹɪpt/US /nɑndəˈskɹɪpt/

noun 3
adjective 2
forms 3

noun3

•
An undistinguished, unexceptional person or thing.
- In thoroughfares nigh the docks, any considerable seaport will frequently offer to view the queerest looking nondescripts from foreign parts. — 1851
(UK) An unmarked police car.
•
A species or other type of creature that has not been previously described or identified.
- Imagination has given figure and character to centaurs, satyrs, and down to all the fairy tribe; but titles baffle even the powers of fancy, and are a chimerical non-descript. — 1791

adjective2

•
Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics.
- He drove a nondescript silver sedan.
(no longer used) Not described (in the academic literature).

forms

nondescripts · more nondescript · most nondescript

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