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Commonplace
ˈkɒmənpleɪs
Commonplace definitions
adjective
commonplace
- not unusual; ordinary
"unemployment was commonplace in his trade"
ordinary run-of-the-mill middle-of-the-road mainstream unremarkable unexceptional undistinguished uninspired unexciting unmemorable forgettable indifferent average so-so mediocre pedestrian prosaic lacklustre dull bland uninteresting mundane everyday quotidian humdrum hackneyed trite banal clichéd predictable overused overdone overworked stale worn out time-worn tired unoriginal derivative common normal usual ordinary familiar routine standard everyday day-to-day daily regular frequent habitual conventional typical unexceptional unremarkable- not interesting or original; trite
"the usual commonplace remarks"
noun
commonplace
commonplaces
- a usual or ordinary thing
"bombing has become almost a commonplace of public life there"
everyday thing/event- a trite saying or topic; a platitude
"it is a commonplace to talk of the young being alienated"
- a notable passage in a work copied into a commonplace book