Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unremarkable

[ˌʌn.ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩]

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: un-re-mark-a-ble
IPA: [ˌʌn.ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩]

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not remarkable.

noun

Someone or something that is not remarkable.

Example Sentences

"The temptation is to regard him [John Ogdon] as an idiot savant, a big talent bottled inside a recalcitrant body and accompanied by a personality that seems not just unremarkable, but almost entirely blank."
"Delivered to British Railways' Royston depot (near Barnsley) as D3378 in August 1957, the '08e' prototype led an unremarkable life for its first 35 years, working from Farnley Junction, Healey Mills and Holbeck before being withdrawn (for the first time) from Sheffield's Tinsley depot in February 1992."
"On a pelagic trip to Stellwagen Bank off the Boston coast, I watched a group of this type take a humpback whale in stride, get mildly stirred by the schoolmarm’s jaeger, and merely glance at a shearwater. But they changed their tune when a Sabine’s gull emerged from a flock of unremarkables. “A Sabine’s!” yelled one. “I can’t believe it!” She rummaged her checklist out of her backpack."
"His sons sensed that he was not a great man; he was no one who would have become Hajj under normal circumstances. He belonged with the other unremarkables in the middle of the pack."
"Sounds like two great pumpkins to me. And a remaining field of unremarkables."
"She looked around the lawn, hoping to see another of the guys she had so looked forward to showing him, but there was only the usual late-morning spread of unremarkables, smoking their cigarettes and drinking their coffees and reading their yellowed paperbacks in preparation for their afternoon classes."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English remarkable English unremarkable From un- + remarkable.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: [ˌʌn.ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩]
British English: [ˌʌn.ɹɪˈmɑː.kə.bl̩]

Inflected Forms

more unremarkable (comparative) most unremarkable (superlative) unremarkables (plural)

Derived Forms

unremarkableness unremarkably

Synonyms

nondescript commonplace jejune mundane ordinary average medial basic bog-standard common common-and-garden common-or-garden

Antonyms

remarkable

Rhymes With

remarkable markable sparkable

Questions

How do you pronounce unremarkable?: The recorded pronunciation is [ˌʌn.ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩].
What does unremarkable mean?: Not remarkable.
Where does unremarkable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English remarkable English unremarkable From un- + remarkable.

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