nondescript

Definition

Not described (in the academic literature).

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "He drove a nondescript silver sedan."
• "There was, besides, a Scots mason, known from his favourite dish as "Irish Stew," three or four nondescript Scots, a fine young Irishman, O'Reilly, and a pair of young men who deserve a special word of condemnation."
• "In 1919, demobilisation specials from Purfleet, Essex, to the North, usually made up of nondescript, almost paintless or grey stock which had seen long wartime service, chalked with slogans, were worked through by way of Bromley and the North London line […]."