nondescript

non·de·script /ˈnɒndəˌskrɪpt $ ˌnɑːndəˈskrɪpt/ adjectiveadj

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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nondescript• Nothing 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 suit• He 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 adjectiveadj

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