Average
Average adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
Usage example: since a Chihuahua seems as impractical as a Saint Bernard, let's get a dog of more average dimensions
Distinctive is an antonym for average.
Distinctive
Both words in one sentence
- It's actually an average performer, but its history and distinctive look make it an important symbol.
Source: Video Game / Colony Wars - The plot is so well known and subject to Whole Plot References that it has its own trope, the characters - Dorothy, Toto, The Wicked Witch of the West, The Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, Glinda... - all pull up distinctive images that even your average Joe on the street could picture.
Source: Sliding Scale of Film Obscurity -
P'Li and Ming-Hua, the female members of the Red Lotus both have obvious Red Right Hands (eye tattoo in the middle of the forehead and missing arms), but Ghazan and Zaheer just look like two guys with no real distinctive features besides being slightly taller or shorter than average respectively.
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