Europa House is one of those hundreds of nondescript buildings along the Bath Road.
...a nondescript woman of uncertain age...
Her clothes told me nothing: they were about as nondescript and lacking in chic as it was possible to be.
English dictionary. 2008.
nondescript — [nän΄di skript′, nän′di skript΄] adj. [< L non, not + descriptus, pp. of describere, DESCRIBE] 1. so lacking in recognizable character or qualities as to belong to no definite class or type; hard to classify or describe 2. not interesting;… … English World dictionary
nondescript — on de*script, a. [Pref. non + L. descriptus described.] 1. Not hitherto described; hence, of no recognizable type or class; odd; abnormal; unclassifiable. [1913 Webster] 2. Dull or uninteresting; undistinguished. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Nondescript — Non de*script, n. A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nondescript — I adjective average, boring, characteristic, common, commonplace, conventional, difficult to classify, difficult to describe, dull, everyday, familiar, hackneyed, homely, indescribable, insipid, mediocre, middling, not extraordinary, not odd, not … Law dictionary
nondescript — (adj.) 1680s, not hitherto described, in scientific usage, coined from NON (Cf. non ) + L. descriptus, pp. of describere (see DESCRIBE (Cf. describe)). General sense of not easily described or classified is from 1806 … Etymology dictionary
nondescript — [adj] undistinguished, commonplace characterless, colorless, common, dull, empty, featureless, garden*, indescribable, indeterminate, mousy*, ordinary, unclassifiable, unclassified, unexceptional, uninspiring, uninteresting, unmemorable,… … New thesaurus
nondescript — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking distinctive or interesting characteristics. ORIGIN originally in the sense «not previously described scientifically»: from NON (Cf. ↑non ) + obsolete descript «described, engraved» … English terms dictionary
nondescript — /non di skript /, adj. 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. n. 3. a … Universalium
nondescript — non•de•script [[t]ˌnɒn dɪˈskrɪpt[/t]] adj. 1) cvb undistinguished or dull; without interest or character: a nondescript novel; nondescript clothes[/ex] 2) of no recognized or specific type or kind 3) a nondescript person or thing • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
nondescript — non|de|script [ˈnɔndıˌskrıpt US ˌna:ndıˈskrıpt] adj [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 ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
