Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1600-1700
Origin: non- + Latin descriptus, past participle of describere; DESCRIBE

nondescript

 adjective
     
non‧de‧script
someone or something that is nondescript looks very ordinary and is not at all interesting or unusual:
a rather nondescript suburban house
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary