English Explanatory Dictionary

unexceptional

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not exceptional.

Pronunciation

/ˌʌnɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unexceptional.wav

Word forms

unexceptional more unexceptional most unexceptional

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- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English exceptional English unexceptional From un- + exceptional.

Synonyms

lackluster pedestrian mundane plain average comme ci comme ça crappy decent indifferent meh mediocre mid middling no great shakes nothing to write home about not worth writing home about okayish ordinary unexceptional uninspiring shitty so-so tolerable whatever medial basic bog-standard common commonplace common-and-garden common-or-garden congruent consistent conventional customary everyday expected garden variety improminent natural normal par for the course plain vanilla quotidian regular routine run-of-the-mill standard standard issue typical unremarkable unstrange usual vulgar wakeaday workaday

Antonyms

exceptional

Related words

no great shakes

Derived words

unexceptionally
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