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nondescript

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++non·de·script /ˈnɒndəˌskrɪpt $ ˌnɑːndəˈskrɪpt/ adjective  ORDINARYsomeone or something that is nondescript looks very ordinary and is not at all interesting or unusual 没有独特之处的,平凡无奇的 a rather nondescript suburban house 很普通的郊区房子
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nondescriptNothing wrong with it, but at first I thought it was nondescript, and then I thought it felt weird.The detective drives a nondescript blue Ford, perfect for observing people unnoticed.Yet this nondescript clay pot endures.The only people in the waiting room were a couple of rather nondescript elderly ladies.Diana cut a nondescript figure in her checked shirt, her sister's anorak, cords and wellington boots.a nondescript gray suitHe would show the secret symmetries in a nondescript life.They were an average family living a boring life in a nondescript little house in the suburbs.Further to the right the cliff becomes rather nondescript until a shallow, right-facing corner offers access to a fine steep wall.Now, he wrote, it is in a little room in a nondescript Victorian terraced house in a side-street in South London.
Origin nondescript (1600-1700) non- + Latin descriptus, past participle of describere; → DESCRIBE
non·de·script adjectiveChineseSyllable
that looks nondescript or someone something very Corpus is


nondescript
nondescript /ˈnɒndəˌskrɪpt, ˈnɒndɪˌskrɪpt $ ˌnɑːndəˈskrɪpt/ adjective
 Word Family: adjective: describable ≠ indescribable, nondescript, descriptive; verb: describe; noun: description; adverb: descriptively
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: non- + Latin descriptus, past participle of describere; describe
someone or something that is nondescript looks very ordinary and is not at all interesting or unusual:
    a rather nondescript suburban house


non·de·scriptBrE /ˈnɒndɪskrɪpt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnɑːndɪskrɪpt/ 🔊 adjective (disapproving) having no interesting or unusual features or qualities 无特征的;平庸的;毫无个性的 SYN dull