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   commonplace

   /ˈkɒmənpleɪs/

   adjective

   • 1. not unusual; ordinary: "unemployment was commonplace in his trade" Similar ordinaryrun-of-the-millmiddle-of-the-roadmainstreamunremarkableunexceptionalundistinguisheduninspiredunexcitingunmemorableforgettableindifferentaverageso-somediocrepedestrianprosaiclacklustredullblanduninterestingmundaneeverydayquotidianhumdrumhackneyedtritebanalclichédpredictableoverusedoverdoneoverworkedstaleworn outtime-worntiredunoriginalderivativecommon or gardengarden varietyinformal:nothing to write home aboutnothing to get excited aboutno great shakesnot so hotnot up to muchvanillaplain vanillabog-standarda dime a dozenold hatcornyplayed outhackynot much copten a pennyornerybush-leaguecornballdime-storehalf-piecommonnormalusualordinaryfamiliarroutinestandardeverydayday-to-daydailyregularfrequenthabitualconventionaltypicalunexceptionalunremarkableOpposite outstandingoriginalunusual
   • ▪ not interesting or original; trite: "the usual commonplace remarks"

   noun

   • 1. a usual or ordinary thing: "bombing has become almost a commonplace of public life there" Similar everyday thing/eventroutinenothing out of the ordinary
   • ▪ a trite saying or topic; a platitude: "it is a commonplace to talk of the young being alienated" Similar platitudeclichétruismhackneyed/trite/banal/overworked sayingstock phraseold chestnutbanalitybromide
   • 2. a notable passage in a work copied into a commonplace book.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (originally common place): translation of Latin locus communis, rendering Greek koinos topos ‘general theme’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. commonplaceness noun

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