Meaning

3 senses
  1. A species or other type of creature that has not been previously described or identified.

  2. An undistinguished, unexceptional person or thing.

  3. (UK)An unmarked police car.

More definitions
  • a person who is not easily classified and not very interesting

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The key was hidden under a nondescript stone.

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  2. We found it in a nondescript box in the attic.

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  3. And me, I was born in a nondescript town in the inland.

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  4. He's nondescript, unapproachable and inscrutable.

    deEr ist unscheinbar, unnahbar und undurchschaubar.

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Origin

From non- + descript (from Latin dēscrīptus, past participle of dēscrībō).

From non- + descript (from Latin dēscrīptus, past participle of dēscrībō).

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