Meaning of Nondescript | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A species or other type of creature that has not been previously described or identified.
2. An undistinguished, unexceptional person or thing.
3. An unmarked police car.
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Examples

“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.”

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

“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.”

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