NONDESCRIPT

characterless, nondescript

(adjective) lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting; “women dressed in nondescript clothes”; “a nondescript novel”

nondescript

(noun) a person is not easily classified and not very interesting

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nondescript (comparative more nondescript, superlative most nondescript)

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

Synonyms: undescribed, unidentified

Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics.

Synonym: unexceptional

Noun

nondescript (plural nondescripts)

(chiefly, biology) A species or other type of creature that has not been previously described or identified. [from 17th c.]

An undistinguished, unexceptional person or thing. [from 18th c.]

(UK) An unmarked police car.

Anagrams

• nonscripted

Source: Wiktionary


Non"de*script, a. Etym: [Pref. non- + L. descriptus described.]

Definition: Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.

Non"de*script, n.

Definition: A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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16 November 2024

LEAVE

(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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