run-of-the-mill

Meaning

Ordinary; not special.

Opposite of
cream of the crop, deluxe, luxe, abnormal, atypical, exceptional, exotic, uncommon, endangered, extraordinary, rare, strange, unconventional, unique, unusual
Synonyms

usual
B1
unexceptional
ordinary
B1

run-of-the-mine

vanilla
C1

mine run

unremarkable
40k
customary
C2
elementary
C1
essential
C1
familiar
B1
fiducial
forgettable
46k
fundamental
C1
grassroots
38k
habitual
30k
indifferent
C2
lackluster
lacklustre
mediocre
C2
middling
no-frills
pedestrian
C2
primal
C2
primary
B2
prosaic
49k
regular
B1
rudimentary
27k
trivial
C2
uncomplicated
34k
underlying
C2
undistinguished
uneventful
29k
unexciting
uninspired
45k
anonymous
B2
unspectacular
working
A1
unsophisticated
46k
average
B2
basal
49k
basic
B2
cardinal
C1
common
B1
commonplace
25k
Translations

sıradan
bayağı
ordinaire
olağan
ordinário

Lauf der Welt

gewöhnlich
normal
banal

Nullachtfünfzehn-

ordinaires
comune
ordinario

Alltäglichkeit

Frequency

29k
Etymology

From 1922; from the fact that product produced by a mill should be uniform and like that of any other similar run.

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