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non·de·script [ˈnɒndɪskrɪpt, Am ˈnɑ:n-] ADJ
nondescript person, building
nondescript colour, taste
nondescript colour, taste
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His appearance is nondescript, except for his habit of wearing a translucent grey plastic raincoat almost everywhere he goes, even when it is not raining.
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I spent my whole life up to that point as an artist playing relatively nondescript indie rock.
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He made some magnificent as well as nondescript instruments.
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Although common, its small size and nondescript colors lead it to be easily overlooked in the pine woods where it grows.
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The teenagers have an on and off relationship, and often run off to be alone despite their nondescript romantic relationship.
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The heroine, a nondescript middle-aged woman who earns her living by writing instruction manuals, recognizes, in retrospect, that she has found something precious and lost it again - a special, even odd kind of love.
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www.litrix.de
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Die Heldin, eine unscheinbare Frau mittleren Alters, die ihren Lebensunterhalt mit dem Verfassen von Gebrauchsanweisungen verdient, erkennt im Rückblick, dass sie etwas Kostbares gefunden und wieder verloren hat – eine besondere, ja sonderbare Art von Liebe.
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After a little less than an hour I reached the 5th stage, a nondescript signpost at 1850 m deep in the evergreen forest.
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www.japantrek.de
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Nach einer knappen Stunde erreichte ich die 5. Station, ein unscheinbares Schild auf 1850 m im dichten Nadelwald.
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(Incidentally, some especially precious Haggadot are currently on display in our special exhibition “The Creation of the World” and our director of archives recently described in his blog why even a nondescript Haggadah might be of great value to a museum.)
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www.jmberlin.de
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(Ganz besonders kostbare Haggadot zeigen wir übrigens in unserer aktuellen Sonderausstellung »Die Erschaffung der Welt«, und warum auch eine eher unscheinbare Haggada für ein Museum von großem Wert sein kann, hat unser Archivleiter kürzlich in seinem Blogbeitrag beschrieben).
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At Brunei’s northeast tip is the port of Muara, a nondescript place with a single sleepy grid of…
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www.tripwolf.com
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In Brunei nordöstlichen Spitze ist der Hafen von Muara, ein unscheinbares Platz mit einem einzig…
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in the midst of the woods, at 1,000 metres above sea level in the vicinity of Pernitz in Lower Austria, is a small nondescript building standing on a hillside.
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www.wieninternational.at
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Mitten im Wald, auf 1.000 Metern Seehöhe in der Nähe von Pernitz in Niederösterreich, steht in den Hang gebaut ein kleines, unscheinbares Gebäude.
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