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undistinguished

adjective

undistinguished is spelled U-N-D-I-S-T-I-N-G-U-I-S-H-E-D: 15 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, undistinguished means “Not distinguished: not marked by conspicuous qualities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in undistinguished?

Letters15: U-N-D-I-S-T-I-N-G-U-I-S-H-E-D
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is undistinguished?

Undistinguished appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce undistinguished?

    Undistinguished has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of undistinguished

    • more undistinguished comparative
    • most undistinguished superlative
    • undistinguisht

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does undistinguished mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Not distinguished: not marked by conspicuous qualities.

    2. 2

      Not distinguished: not having an air of distinction.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Undistinguished in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    LanguageWords
    Germandurchschnittlich, mäßig, mittelmäßig (not marked by conspicuous qualities), unauffällig, alltäglich, gewöhnlich (not having an air of distinction)

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

    Where does undistinguished come from?

    From un- + distinguished.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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