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Definition of Nondescript
1. Adjective. Lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting. "A nondescript novel"
2. Noun. A person is not easily classified and not very interesting.
Definition of Nondescript
1. a. Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.
2. n. A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.
Definition of Nondescript
1. Adjective. (context: biology now rare) Not described (in the academic literature); undescribed, unidentified. ¹
2. Adjective. Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics; unexceptional. ¹
3. Noun. An undistinguished, unexceptional person or thing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nondescript
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nondescript
Literary usage of Nondescript
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1882)
"I am sorry to say I can get no history of this nondescript. I first saw him in
the shop of Mr. Wareham, china curiosity-dealer, at the corner of St. ..."
2. Salaminia (Cyprus). by Alessandro Palma di Censola (1884)
"A few more occur in the class of nondescript objects. It must be understood that
many golden antiquities found in the tombs of Cyprus and in other countries ..."
3. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"(Here the nondescript roars in a manner which may be described as nothing less
than human. ... A terrible nondescript ; long gray fur, such as one sees in ..."
4. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"The mind is called upon to deal with a nondescript nondescript being half Monkey
and half man ; having long tails and walking on all fours, ..."
5. A Handbook of Greek Sculpture by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1896)
"... but the great majority of early works of sculpture in Greece will be found to
fall easily under one of these classes. (a) nondescript draped type, ..."
6. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"The nondescript.—Altered physiognomy.—Gold and silver mines.—Changes of
government.—Politics. —India-rubber.—An ingenious deception. ..."
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