commonplace
adjective
[ ˈkɒmənpleɪs ]
• not unusual; ordinary.
• "unemployment was commonplace in his trade"
Similar:
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 or garden,
garden variety,
nothing to write home about,
nothing to get excited about,
no great shakes,
not so hot,
not up to much,
vanilla,
plain vanilla,
bog-standard,
a dime a dozen,
old hat,
corny,
played out,
hacky,
not much cop,
ten a penny,
ornery,
bush-league,
cornball,
dime-store,
half-pie,
common,
normal,
usual,
familiar,
routine,
standard,
day-to-day,
daily,
regular,
frequent,
habitual,
conventional,
typical,
commonplace
noun
• a usual or ordinary thing.
• "bombing has become almost a commonplace of public life there"
Similar:
everyday thing/event,
routine,
nothing out of the ordinary,
• a notable passage in a work copied into a commonplace book.
Origin:
mid 16th century (originally common place ): translation of Latin locus communis, rendering Greek koinos topos ‘general theme’.
