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run-of-the-mill
adjective
ordinary, average, or undistinguished in quality, character, or nature; not special or excellent
run of the mill
Common, ordinary, average: “His performance in the game was neither exemplary nor disastrous; it was simply run of the mill.”
Word History and Origins
Origin of run of the mill1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
He had been, as Mr. Maisel characterizes the undergraduate Leahy, “the epitome of a run-of-the-mill football player,” but that was the last time he was anything but the driving force behind every group he joined.
But they didn’t want to just make a run-of-the-mill sports show.
The audience members feel more appreciative, compared to a run-of-the-mill comedy club in Hollywood that caters more to tourists.
"She was always up for a new challenge. Totally run-of-the-mill for Sarm to just be doing something bonkers," one of her friends Zan tells me.
Catherine Corless thought it would be a “simple, run-of-the-mill kind of thing” when she began a local history course in 2005.
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