NONDESCRIPT
Dictionary entry overview: What does nondescript mean? • NONDESCRIPT (noun)
The noun NONDESCRIPT has 1 sense:
1. a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
Familiarity information: NONDESCRIPT used as a noun is very rare.
• NONDESCRIPT (adjective)
The adjective NONDESCRIPT has 1 sense:
1. lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
Familiarity information: NONDESCRIPT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NONDESCRIPT (noun)
Meaning:
A person is not easily classified and not very interesting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("nondescript" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
• NONDESCRIPT (adjective)
Meaning:
Lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
Synonyms:
characterless; nondescript
Context examples:
women dressed in nondescript clothes / a nondescript novel
Similar:
ordinary (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree)
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