bog-standard
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The five times major champion struggles for motivation in bog-standard tournaments.
From BBC
Ramaswamy singled out one line of dialogue where Amanda reflects: "I'm actually glad I took the kids out of private school. They've got way more chance of getting into Oxbridge from a bog-standard state."
From BBC
In 2005, for example, University of Colorado professor of ethnic studies Ward Churchill became the target of a nationwide campaign calling for his dismissal after an essay he had written after 9/11—which used needlessly incendiary language to make a bog-standard argument about the attacks being blowback for U.S. foreign policy—went viral.
From Slate
The other is a bog-standard attack on her pro-worker advocacy.
From Los Angeles Times
"My guess is they thought it was a bog-standard Pet Shop Boys record."
From BBC
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