commonplace
ordinary; undistinguished or uninteresting; without individuality: a commonplace person.
trite; hackneyed; platitudinous: a commonplace remark.
a well-known, customary, or obvious remark; a trite or uninteresting saying.
anything common, ordinary, or uninteresting.
Archaic. a place or passage in a book or writing noted as important for reference or quotation.
Origin of commonplace
1synonym study For commonplace
Other words for commonplace
Other words from commonplace
- com·mon·place·ly, adverb
- com·mon·place·ness, noun
- un·com·mon·place, adjective
Words Nearby commonplace
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How to use commonplace in a sentence
Teachers and faculty were experimenting with now commonplace consumer technologies like speech recognition and virtual reality to create immersive learning experiences.
Why hasn’t digital learning lived up to its promise? | Walter Thompson | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchTemperature checks are commonplace in Turkey and many other countries, and are quickly becoming more popular in the US.
Today, gliding is so commonplace, we do not ask ourselves what’s happening when an airplane glides or, for that matter, when a helicopter does.
The science behind how an aircraft glides | By Peter Garrison/Flying Mag | September 3, 2020 | Popular-ScienceSuch systems may seem commonplace today within e-commerce, but they form the very backbone of digital health companies.
Why an Amazon and Airbnb vet joined a digital health company that wants to slash drug prices | Sy Mukherjee | August 24, 2020 | FortuneEven after e-commerce became commonplace, many luxury companies remained cautious about jumping into digital sales.
Covid-19 is plunging old-fashion luxury brands into the digital age | Marc Bain | July 29, 2020 | Quartz
When it comes to setting up a reward, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service considers “$50,000 commonplace.”
The god with horns—half human, half beast—is commonplace throughout the ancient Near East.
In a press release accompanying the video, Roberts said that such behavior is commonplace on New York streets—and in her own life.
The practice did not become truly commonplace until the 1930s when George Gallup and others came on the scene.
In reality, economic hardship is much more commonplace, and its appearance is more subtle.
My memory is well stored, but unfortunately I have never kept a diary or commonplace book of any kind.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe little foolish words, so sweetly commonplace, fell like balm upon an open wound.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodBehind the commonplace sentences, the hidden wordless Play also drew on towards its Curtain.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodWell, under the mask of bonhomie, which made me believe him to be a worthy man, was concealed the most commonplace nature.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyLike other commonplace mortals, however, my instincts fight for the only solution of happiness I know anything about.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for commonplace
/ (ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs) /
ordinary; everyday: commonplace duties
dull and obvious; trite: commonplace prose
something dull and trite, esp a remark; platitude; truism
a passage in a book marked for inclusion in a commonplace book, etc
an ordinary or common thing
Origin of commonplace
1Derived forms of commonplace
- commonplaceness, noun
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