work·a·day

[wur-kuh-dey]
adjective
1.
of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
2.
ordinary; commonplace; everyday; prosaic.

Origin:
1150–1200; alteration (probably after nowadays) of earlier worky-day workday, alteration (by association with holiday) of Middle English werkeday, obscurely derived from work and day

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workaday (ˈwɜːkəˌdeɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  being a part of general human experience; ordinary
2.  suitable for working days; everyday or practical

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Word Origin & History

workaday
c.1200, werkedei, from O.N. virkr dagr "working day;" see work (n.) + day. Older than workday (c.1430). It passed into an adj. 16c.
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Example sentences
Family vacations offer an oasis from workaday life to spend time and bond with
  family members.
My experience in the workaday world enabled me to see academe without illusions
  and to enjoy what is best about it.
We acquired a kind of sympathetic understanding that is rare in this workaday
  world.
As though only a total outsider, or fool, or wise guy would apply such workaday
  logic to the briefing process.
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