Oh my word Descript, Nondescript, Decrepit

He had a nondescript life though he was popular in the theatre but when he was decrepit due to age his professional colleagues looked after him.

Descript is an archaic or old word meaning described; and an adjective.

Description means saying or expressing in words (text) about somebody, something, anything or anyone; delineate something, portrayal.

Description is a noun, descriptive is an adjective. Description means describing about something which involves skill; evoking something in words almost visually, giving a picture in words.

Certain emotions are beyond description.

Enquiries constituted by government or its agencies to investigate about something and come up with descriptive reports.

Descriptive (graphic, detailed, vivid, pictorial, and depictive) explanations at times help the readers to understand about the subject comprehensively.

Preceded by of; and an adjective, some, every and others, description informally indicates to type or to a sort of thing, order, class, kind, variety.

Descriptively is an adverb and descriptiveness is a noun.

In a bird sanctuary one can find birds of all description.

If you sit at a bus-station you can find people of all descriptions shuttling in and out.

Nondescript is an adjective. When someone or something is nondescript it means it is not worth mentioning; without a distinctive character or attribute as result cannot be classified or describable. Some people prefer to have a nondescript existence for they would have realized happiness is anonymous. Nondescript politicians could spring into limelight if they act at the right time.

US President Barack Obama was almost nondescript until he declared his intention to run for the post of President on behalf of the Democratic Party and won over his party members. Because of their size and geographical continuity, many countries’ landscapes in Europe are almost nondescript.

Do you wear flamboyant clothes or nondescript ones?

Is there a room for nondescript faces and voices in the movie industry? Probably yes, if they have good acting skills, and the energy to persevere, and endure the unpleasant professional setbacks.

Decrepit is an adjective. Decrepit means something gone weak due to hard use or overuse, broken down, deteriorated, decaying somebody growing weak by age, incapacitated, feeble, superannuated.

Decrepitude is a noun meaning state of being decrepit. Society has to be kind, and considerate to decrepit people.

In racing industry, what do the owners of horses do with them when grow decrepit?

Almost every town and city has a market where you can find second-hand and decrepit vehicles.

Japan is concerned with its growing decrepit population: where average life-spans of people are around 80-years.

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