Standard Lemma guide

unremarkable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˌʌn.ɹɪˈmɑː.kə.bl̩]
  • General-American: [ˌʌn.ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kəbəl
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N R IH0 M AA1 R K AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not remarkable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nondescript, commonplace, jejune, mundane, ordinary, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, common-and-garden, common-or-garden, congruent, consistent, conventional, customary, everyday, expected, garden variety, improminent, natural, normal, par for the course, par, plain, plain vanilla, quotidian, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, standard issue, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, unstrange, usual, vulgar, wakeaday, workaday

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

found in the ordinary course of events- Anita Diamant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a placid everyday scene
  • it was a routine day
  • there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, workaday

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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 remarkable English unremarkable From un- + remarkable.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սովորական (sovorakan) — not remarkable
  • Armenian: ոչնչով աչքի չընկնող (očʻnčʻov ačʻkʻi čʻənknoġ) — not remarkable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不起眼 (bùqǐyǎn) — not remarkable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平凡 (píngfán) — not remarkable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平淡無奇 /平淡无奇 — not remarkable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不顯著 /不显著 (bù xiǎnzhù) — not remarkable
  • Finnish: vähäpätöinen — not remarkable
  • Finnish: merkityksetön — not remarkable
  • French: banal — not remarkable
  • French: commun — not remarkable
  • French: ordinaire — not remarkable
  • Ancient Greek: ἄσημος (ásēmos) — not remarkable
  • Italian: insignificante — not remarkable
  • Polish: nijaki — not remarkable
  • Romanian: neremarcabil — not remarkable
  • Romanian: insignifiant — not remarkable
  • Russian: обыкнове́нный (obyknovénnyj) — not remarkable
  • Russian: непримеча́тельный (neprimečátelʹnyj) — not remarkable
  • Spanish: común y corriente — not remarkable
  • Spanish: ordinario — not remarkable
  • Spanish: equis — not remarkable
  • Spanish: nada especial — not remarkable
  • Spanish: poco notable — not remarkable
  • Spanish: andino — not remarkable
  • Spanish: irremarcable — not remarkable
  • Spanish: poco / no remarcable — not remarkable
  • Swedish: oansenlig — not remarkable
  • Vietnamese: tầm thường — not remarkable