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Nondescript

//nɑndəˈskɹɪpt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not described (in the academic literature). archaic
  2. 2
    Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics.

    "He drove a nondescript silver sedan."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A species or other type of creature that has not been previously described or identified.

    "Imagination has given figure and character to centaurs, satyrs, and down to all the fairy tribe; but titles baffle even the powers of fancy, and are a chimerical non-descript."

  2. 2
    a person who is not easily classified and not very interesting wordnet
  3. 3
    An undistinguished, unexceptional person or thing.

    "In thoroughfares nigh the docks, any considerable seaport will frequently offer to view the queerest looking nondescripts from foreign parts."

  4. 4
    An unmarked police car. UK

    "By a nice British compromise, the enforcement car — visible just then as a white spot on the television screen — has nothing externally to show its police affiliation, but unlike the CID's nondescripts, carries two large policemen in uniform."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From non- + descript (from Latin dēscrīptus, past participle of dēscrībō).

Etymology 2

From non- + descript (from Latin dēscrīptus, past participle of dēscrībō).

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