run-of-the-mill
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əv adjective
merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
Origin:
1925–30
1925–30
Synonyms
ordinary, routine, everyday.
ordinary, routine, everyday.
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| run-of-the-mill | |
| —adj | |
| ordinary, average, or undistinguished in quality, character, or nature; not special or excellent | |
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Run-of-the-mill
is always a great word to know.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
run-of-the-mill
"unspectacular," 1909, lit. in ref. to material yielded by a mill, etc., before sorting for quality. Fig use is from 1930.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
If executed well, even an average run-of-the-mill strategy will achieve spectacular results.
Even a run-of-the-mill bookkeeper wouldn't have made that blunder.
Transforms run-of-the-mill billing data into statistically sound savings estimates.
Even among standard run-of-the-mill personality disorder patients, informant reports end up being quite useful to clinicians.
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