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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nondescript \non"de*script\, a. [Pref. non- + L. descriptus
     described.]
     1. Not hitherto described; hence, of no recognizable type or
        class; odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Dull or uninteresting; undistinguished.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nondescript \Non"de*script\, n.
     A thing not yet described; that of which no account or
     explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly
     classifiable.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nondescript
       adj : lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and
             uninteresting; "women dressed in nondescript clothes";
             "a nondescript novel" [syn: {characterless}]
       n : a person is not easily classified and not very interesting

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "nondescript":
     Attic, amorphic, amorphous, anarchic, baggy, bland, blobby,
     blurred, blurry, chaotic, characterless, chaste, classic,
     classical, colorless, common, commonplace, confused, disorderly,
     drab, everyday, featureless, formless, fuzzy, garden,
     garden-variety, hazy, homely, homespun, household, inchoate,
     indecisive, indefinite, indescribable, indeterminate, inform,
     insipid, kaleidoscopic, lumpen, matter-of-fact, misty, obscure,
     orderless, ordinary, plain, prosaic, prosy, pure, pure and simple,
     shapeless, simple, unclassifiable, unclassified, unclear,
     undefined, unexceptional, uninteresting, unordered, unorganized,
     unremarkable, vague, workaday, workday
  
  

















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