noun
- people who lack distinctive personality traits or interesting qualities
- fictional beings or entities that are not developed as characters in a story
Usage: literary
Examples
- The supporting cast were complete noncharacters with no memorable lines.
- He dismissed his coworkers as noncharacters who never spoke up in meetings.
- The novel’s background figures remained noncharacters throughout the story.
- She felt like one of the noncharacters in her own life.
- The extras in the movie were essentially noncharacters with no dialogue.
- Critics complained that most of the ensemble were noncharacters.