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Unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unpresentable
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English prepossessing English unprepossessing From un- + prepossessing.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
saai
— unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
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Dutch:
onopmerkelijk
— unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
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Dutch:
ordinair
— unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
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French:
monotone
— unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
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French:
banal
— unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
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French:
ordinaire
— unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
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French:
médiocre
— unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
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Irish:
míghnaíúil
— unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
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Ukrainian:
непоказний
(nepokaznyj)
— unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
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Ukrainian:
непривабливий
(nepryvablyvyj)
— unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
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Ukrainian:
не справляти враження
(ne spravljaty vražennja)
— unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.