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Recent Examples of undistinguished
Buick is a great American premium car brand that has fallen on hard times in recent years, reduced to selling undistinguished SUVs in the U.S.
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025
In 2014, the land beneath 100 West 57th sold to owners who seemed keen to take advantage of the block’s transformation from a somewhat undistinguished Midtown thoroughfare of souvenir shops and mid-tier buildings to Billionaire’s Row.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 23 July 2025
An undistinguished song, and then the wildly oversung bit at the end leaves you with a flinch.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Critics found the Zumthor building design itself was undistinguished, looking more like a spaceship that had landed on the tar pits than a museum-worthy building.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025
In 2014, the land beneath 100 West 57th sold to owners who seemed keen to take advantage of the block’s transformation from a somewhat undistinguished Midtown thoroughfare of souvenir shops and mid-tier buildings to Billionaire’s Row.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 23 July 2025
An undistinguished song, and then the wildly oversung bit at the end leaves you with a flinch.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Critics found the Zumthor building design itself was undistinguished, looking more like a spaceship that had landed on the tar pits than a museum-worthy building.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undistinguished
Adjective
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The use of these otherwise unremarkable studio and one-bedroom apartments was yet another of the many favors Epstein bestowed to gain leverage over people and keep them in his debt.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
13 Feb. 2026
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The dresser drawers that sat above the opening served as an ordinary, unremarkable piece of furniture — the kind of detail someone would walk past without a second glance.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Dad had always told me his father was a naval officer who'd had an unexceptional career and died suddenly in a traffic accident.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
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Rake and trail figures are an unexceptional 24.5 degrees and 100 mm, with a wheelbase of 56.5 inches (1,435 mm).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Some people are surrounded by care and still feel chronically unimportant.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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One of the votes at issue was about a project in Bonin’s district that sailed through the council, with Price’s vote unimportant to the project’s outcome.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The shifts from one poll to another have been almost insignificant in isolation and easily within the surveys’ margin of error.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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The day before Thanksgiving his daughter, out of the blue, verbally attacked me over something insignificant.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Undistinguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undistinguished. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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