unremarkable

adjective

un·​re·​mark·​able ˌən-ri-ˈmär-kə-bəl How to pronounce unremarkable (audio)
Synonyms of unremarkable
: unworthy or unlikely to be noticed : not remarkable : common, ordinary
The village itself is unremarkable; its one great attribute being the nearby network of extensive caverns.—Mark Blacksell
unremarkableness noun
unremarkably
ˌən-ri-ˈmär-kə-blē How to pronounce unremarkable (audio)
adverb
an unremarkably dressed man

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a quiet and unremarkable child
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The actual customer is someone earning a decent, unremarkable salary who has never opened a budgeting app and feels quietly bad about it. — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The announcement itself was unremarkable, but many were stunned to learn that the technology was fitted to 2014–2022 models, including cars with current 4G hardware. — Michael Harley, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026 Using Neanderthal cranium shapes to estimate specific brain regions’ volume, some investigators claimed to see signs of a mind with feeble linguistic abilities, poor executive function and an unremarkable memory. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 20 July 2026 These hit the ticker the same day IBM cratered 25%, erasing roughly $40 billion in market value on a revenue miss that, in any other environment, would have been unremarkable. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unremarkable

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unremarkable was in 1625

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“Unremarkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unremarkable. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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