🇬🇧🇨🇳 unremarkable - 平淡无奇 : English Lesson

Meaning of "unremarkable" ("平淡无奇"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Unremarkable means something is plain, ordinary, and doesn’t really stand out. It’s not bad, but it’s not amazing either—it’s just kind of “meh,” the kind of thing you might walk past without even noticing.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

His science project was so unremarkable that even the mold growing on it looked unimpressed.

The town’s most unremarkable building won an award for “Existing Quietly Since 1883.”

The unremarkable pencil never got picked first, even in a box full of broken crayons.

Our school lunch was so unremarkable that no one could remember what they ate five minutes later.

My dream was unremarkable: I just stood in line at the grocery store for eight hours.

On a rainy morning, an unremarkable dog sat by an unremarkable fence while an unremarkable passerby dropped an unremarkable sandwich. The dog, bored and unremarkable, watched crumbs fall and then caught the sandwich with one bright leap that made everyone smile. The small, unremarkable act felt warm and real and happy.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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