garden-variety
[gahr-dn-vuh-rahy-i-tee]
adjective
common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
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RELATED WORDS
unremarkable, conventional, normal, simple, plain, humble, generic, common, mediocre, dull, workaday, ordinary, regular, moderate, mundane, humdrum, drab, banal, everyday, middling
Origin of garden-variety
First recorded in 1925–30
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garden variety
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