■ adjective not open to objection, but not particularly new or exciting.
Derivatives
~ness noun
unexceptionably adverb
Usage
There is an overlap in meaning between the words ~ and unexceptional . Strictly speaking, ~ means ‘not open to objection’ ( this view is ~ in itself ), while unexceptional means ‘not out of the ordinary; usual’ ( the hotel was adequate but unexceptional ). However, the meaning of ~ is often indeterminate between ‘not open to objection’ and ‘ordinary’, as in the food was bland and ~ .