unremarkable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌʌnrɪˈmɑrkəbəl/ UK /ˌʌnrɪˈmɑːkəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not particularly interesting or worthy of attention; ordinary

The town was pleasant but otherwise unremarkable.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not particularly... ordinary commonplace mediocre undistinguished nondescript average

Opposites

remarkable extraordinary notable exceptional

Word family

Derived forms unremarkablyunremarkableness

Related forms remark remarkable remarkably

Etymology

From un- ('not') + remarkable, from remark, from French remarquer ('to mark again, observe'), from re- + marquer ('to mark'), of Germanic origin.

un- Old English remarquer Middle French

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# unremarkable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌʌnrɪˈmɑrkəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌʌnrɪˈmɑːkəbəl/

## Meanings
1. not particularly interesting or worthy of attention; ordinary

## Examples
- The town was pleasant but otherwise unremarkable.

## Synonyms
- ordinary
- commonplace
- mediocre
- undistinguished
- nondescript
- average

## Antonyms
- remarkable
- extraordinary
- notable
- exceptional

## Derived Forms
- unremarkably
- unremarkableness

## Related Forms
- remark
- remarkable
- remarkably

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: remarquer

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + remarkable, from remark, from French remarquer ('to mark again, observe'), from re- + marquer ('to mark'), of Germanic origin.

## AI Etymology
Unremarkable comes from un- ('not') + remarkable, from remark, from French remarquer ('to mark again, observe'), from re- + marquer ('to mark'), of Germanic origin. The historical chain includes Old English un- and Middle French remarquer. The quoted older senses, "not", "to mark again, observe", and "to mark", supply the semantic anchors for unremarkable. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word unremarkable carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "not particularly interesting or worthy of attention; ordinary". English derivatives include unremarkably and unremarkableness; related English forms include remark, remarkable, and remarkably. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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