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- Dictionarynondescript/ˈnɒndɪskrɪpt/
adjective
- 1. lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics: "she lived in a nondescript suburban apartment block"
noun
- 1. a nondescript person or thing: "the nondescripts were straight out of the nine-to-five banking bureaucracy"
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NONDESCRIPT definition: 1. very ordinary, or having no interesting or exciting features or qualities: 2. very ordinary, or…. Learn more.
The meaning of NONDESCRIPT is belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described. How to use nondescript in a sentence. How Nondescript Was Formed
adjective. lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting. “women dressed in nondescript clothes”. “a nondescript novel”. synonyms: characterless. ordinary. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree. noun.
If you describe something or someone as nondescript, you mean that their appearance is rather dull, and not at all interesting or attractive. Europa House is one of those hundreds of nondescript buildings along the Bath Road. ...a nondescript woman of uncertain age.
NONDESCRIPT meaning: 1. very ordinary, or having no interesting or exciting features or qualities: 2. very ordinary, or…. Learn more.
Definition of nondescript adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the word nondescript mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word nondescript. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word nondescript? About 0.6 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
adjective. 1. of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind. a nondescript novel. a nondescript color. 2. undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid. The private detective deliberately wore nondescript clothes. noun. 3. a person or a thing of no particular or notable type or kind.
non·de·script. (nŏn′dĭ-skrĭpt′) adj. Lacking distinctive qualities; having no individual character or form: "This expression gave temporary meaning to a set of features otherwise nondescript" (Katherine Anne Porter). [non- + Latin dēscrīptus, past participle of dēscrībere, to describe; see describe.] non′de·script′ n.
If you describe something or someone as nondescript, you mean that their appearance is rather dull, and not at all interesting or attractive. More Grammar Question
