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unremarkable

un·re·mark·a·ble[ˌʌn.ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩]adjective, noun

unremarkable is spelled U-N-R-E-M-A-R-K-A-B-L-E: 12 letters and 5 syllables (un·re·mark·a·ble). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unremarkable means “Not remarkable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in unremarkable?

Letters12: U-N-R-E-M-A-R-K-A-B-L-E
Syllables5: un·re·mark·a·ble
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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

How common is unremarkable?

Unremarkable appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th 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 unremarkable?

  • UK [ˌʌn.ɹɪˈmɑː.kə.bl̩]
  • US [ˌʌn.ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩]

Unremarkable has 5 syllables, split un·re·mark·a·ble in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-unremarkable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of unremarkable

  • more unremarkable comparative
  • most unremarkable superlative
  • unremarkables plural

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

What does unremarkable mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Not remarkable.

noun

  1. 1

    Someone or something that is not remarkable.

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

Unremarkable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense not remarkable:

LanguageWords
Frenchbanal, commun, ordinaire
Spanishcomún y corriente, ordinario, equis, nada especial, poco notable, andino

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 unremarkable come from?

From un- + remarkable.

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

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