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UK
/ʌndɪstˈɪŋɡwɪʃt/
]
[ US /ˌəndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/ ]
[ US /ˌəndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not special in any way; lacking distinction
run-of-the-mill boxing
your run-of-the-mine college graduate
a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career
How To Use undistinguished In A Sentence
- In the recent retrospective of Nan Kempner’s wardrobe at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the late socialite’s closet was re-created in breathtaking detail — all 354 jackets and 362 sweaters — but her surprisingly undistinguished collection of handbags was relegated to a high shelf and mostly hidden. Carried Away
- Strictly speaking, it means commonplace, undistinguished, but has come to mean pertaining to the people.
- Annie Allen's another one of Brooks's very ordinary, totally undistinguished characters.
- He then went to Milton Keynes to watch his team being led to an undistinguished draw by a 63-year-old straight-talking former part-time chiropodist from Sheffield. Tiki-taka: Manchester United's Paul Scholes is a blast from the past
- His Vietnam war career was undistinguished. Times, Sunday Times
- Instead, he wrote a barely adequate, undistinguished letter.
- It is a distinguished feature in an undistinguished landscape; a building or place of outstanding historic, aesthetic or cultural importance.
- The rubble had hardly stopped vibrating in Iraq when our cocky Commander-in-Chief -- himself an "undistinguished" former Air National Guard pilot -- shamelessly played dress-up in a navy flight suit to declare "mission accomplished" in Iraq. The Excuses Administration
- He had an undistinguished big-league career as a first and third-baseman.
- It is a distinguished feature in an undistinguished landscape; a building or place of outstanding historic, aesthetic or cultural importance.