Nondescript


[non-di-skript] /ˌnɒn dɪˈskrɪpt/

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.
/ˈnɒndɪˌskrɪpt/
adjective
1.
lacking distinct or individual characteristics; having no outstanding features
noun
2.
a nondescript person or thing
adj.

1680s, “not hitherto described,” in scientific usage, coined from non- + Latin descriptus, past participle of describere (see describe). General sense of “not easily described or classified” is from 1806.

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