nondescript
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"They were just given to me in a completely nondescript pile, and they contained completely earth-shattering information, of which I don't think I have ever recovered from," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
They’re also somewhat mysterious beyond their often boxy, nondescript exteriors: What’s inside, and what are workers doing?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
In a nondescript black building in downtown L.A.’s Arts District, rich sounds of sax and bass filled the air for hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The smaller plane then flew to the U.K., where Trump stopped en route to Washington, under a nondescript call sign.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was so wrong that such an ordinary person in a nondescript dress and a cotton scarf around her forehead was in the middle of all this.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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