nondescript

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈnɒndɪskɹɪpt/ / /nɑndəˈskɹɪpt/

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

Not described (in the academic literature).
Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics.
“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.”

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

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.”
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.”
An unmarked police car.
“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.”