Explore Nondescript through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like characterless or ordinary. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nondescript in a sentence
Nondescript meaning
- Not described (in the academic literature).
- Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics.
Synonyms of Nondescript
Using Nondescript
- The main meaning on this page is: Not described (in the academic literature). | Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics.
- Useful related words include: characterless, ordinary, person, individual.
- In the example corpus, nondescript often appears in combinations such as: in nondescript, nondescript building, and nondescript.
Context around Nondescript
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nondescript
- In this selection, "nondescript" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little, otherwise, mostly, building, alberta and street stand out and add context to how "nondescript" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little nondescript and a little nondescript adams wrote. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nondescript" sits close to words such as abner, acquit and adamantly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nondescript
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nondescript fabrics become magically modulated colour blocks. (7 words)
For all that, the movie is a "little nondescript," Adams wrote. (11 words)
Danny Coulombe was a nondescript reliever not good enough to make the Minnesota Twins’ roster. (15 words)
Now, Native Americans whose ancestors' remains ended up held for study in sterile, nondescript boxes on shelves in educational facilities or displayed in cultural locales hope a new law will speed their recovery for proper reburial in their homeland. (39 words)
Nestling on the banks of the Sabarmati in Ahmedabad, a yellow and blue board at the very end of a row of bungalows welcomes visitors to a nondescript building surrounded by trees. (32 words)
Mostly nondescript block mixed with vacant parcels, a cross once stood on a site for tent revivals and cracks in unused paved parking lots sprouted grass along the route. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
As settings go, it was unremarkable — a cluttered conference table in an otherwise nondescript Alberta law office.
By Wednesday, she had found her way to a tiny toy emporium in a nondescript street in north London to fulfil a dream.
Danny Coulombe was a nondescript reliever not good enough to make the Minnesota Twins’ roster.
Eschewing designer suits, the Killer (no name given) instead tells us he dresses “like a German tourist,” with a nondescript windbreaker and a remarkably uncool hat.
For all that, the movie is a "little nondescript," Adams wrote.
His was one of the more nondescript runs in the Caulfield Cup, settling toward the tail and finishing 12th, some ten lengths behind Without A Fight.
In the 42-second clip, MrBeast is seen sitting at a nondescript restaurant while speaking to his server.
It had all started at a nondescript league game for retired cricketers in Surat where, according to Sreesanth, Gambhir called him a “fixer”.
Mostly nondescript block mixed with vacant parcels, a cross once stood on a site for tent revivals and cracks in unused paved parking lots sprouted grass along the route.
Nondescript fabrics become magically modulated colour blocks.
Now, Native Americans whose ancestors' remains ended up held for study in sterile, nondescript boxes on shelves in educational facilities or displayed in cultural locales hope a new law will speed their recovery for proper reburial in their homeland.
That’s because, if you live in Hennepin County, your trash is likely being burned in a nondescript building just northwest of Target Field.
The pool itself has long since been filled in. Today it’s a nondescript car park with no indication as to what it once was.
This K-Cup perhaps captures the reason why—it was among the more nondescript and bland entries in the tasting overall.
Valadao, Gonzales and the two other elected officials, Representative Juan Ciscomani of Arizona and Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, all wore jeans and nondescript shirts.
Aesthetically, the Gram 16 2-in-1 is attractive, with an all-black color scheme and just enough contours on the edges to avoid being nondescript.
It is a nondescript place with just a blue metal arch proclaiming its presence besides a board at the entrance to the street.
I wanted to fault it more, to be honest, but I feel it’s around the right price at £7 if a little nondescript.
King's assassin turned out to be escaped convict James Earl Ray, pictured, a nondescript racist who had left school aged 12 for a life of violent crime.
Nestling on the banks of the Sabarmati in Ahmedabad, a yellow and blue board at the very end of a row of bungalows welcomes visitors to a nondescript building surrounded by trees.
Common combinations with nondescript
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in nondescript 7×
- nondescript building 4×
- and nondescript 3×
- of nondescript 3×
- that nondescript 3×
- as nondescript 3×
- was nondescript 2×
- with nondescript 2×
- little nondescript 2×
- more nondescript 2×