Nondescript Definition

nŏndĭ-skrĭpt
adjective
So lacking in recognizable character or qualities as to belong to no definite class or type; hard to classify or describe.
Webster's New World
Not interesting; colorless; drab.
Webster's New World

(biology, now rare) Not described (in the academic literature); undescribed, unidentified.

Wiktionary
noun
A nondescript person or thing.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Nondescript

Noun

Singular:
nondescript
Plural:
nondescripts

Origin of Nondescript

  • non– Latin dēscrīptus past participle of dēscrībere to describe describe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From non- +"Ž descript.

    From Wiktionary

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