unremarkable.

Not attracting particular notice or presenting an unusual feature.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• unremarkable detail
• unremarkable exterior

On the page

The building’s unremarkable exterior concealed a remarkably complicated history.

An unremarkable detail in the first account became decisive when the dates were compared.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more unremarkable; superlative most unremarkable where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, interpretation, contrast, characterization. Disciplines: prose writing, literary analysis, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common.