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non-descriptive

adjective

Not descriptive; failing to provide a description.

Opposite

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Meanings

adjectivenon-descriptive (not comparable)

alternative nondescriptive

not comparableNot descriptive; failing to provide a description.
When it comes to expressive (or socio-expressive) meaning – and this is the only kind of non-descriptive meaning that we will take into account here – there is no readily available and reasonably objective criterion which enables us to decide between identity and difference.
1995, John Lyons, Linguistic Semantics
Antonyms: descriptive

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot descriptive; failing to provide a description.

Opposite

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Origin

From non- + descriptive.

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Translations

Polish nijaki, nieokreślony

nijakinot descriptive
nieokreślonynot descriptive
bez wyrazunot descriptive

Spanish no descriptivo

no descriptivonot descriptive

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APA

non-descriptive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-descriptive

MLA

“non-descriptive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-descriptive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-descriptive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-descriptive.

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