unremarkable

adjective

un·​re·​mark·​able ˌən-ri-ˈmär-kə-bəl How to pronounce unremarkable (audio)
: unworthy or unlikely to be noticed : not remarkable : common, ordinary
The village itself is unremarkable; its one great attribute being the nearby network of extensive caverns.Mark Blacksell
unremarkableness noun
unremarkably adverb
an unremarkably dressed man

Examples of unremarkable in a Sentence

a quiet and unremarkable child
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For a guy into complicated killing rituals, Art sure does kill himself in an unremarkable fashion by putting the gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger. Barry Levitt, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024 Driven by an unrelenting collapse in fertility, family structures and living arrangements heretofore imagined only in science fiction novels will become commonplace, unremarkable features of everyday life. Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024 Hujar could not have imagined how radically the fortunes of the word would change; how, in just a few years, gayness would become fashionable—and then, with what in retrospect seems fantastic speed, unremarkable. Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024 The packaging on this series is understated classic Macallan, which means to the casual observer a collection of Fine & Rare may just look like a few unremarkable bottles. Mark Littler, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unremarkable 

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unremarkable was in 1625

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“Unremarkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unremarkable. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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