run-of-the-mill
- merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
Origin of run-of-the-mill
Synonyms for run-of-the-mill
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middling, undistinguished, common, commonplace, customary, everyday, fair, humdrum, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, ordinary, regular, routine, so-so, unexceptional, usual, garden-varietyExamples from the Web for run-of-the-mill
Contemporary Examples of run-of-the-mill
Most cases involve significant mental illness, not run-of-the-mill depression or anxiety.
The results yield computer chips 9,000 times faster than a run-of-the-mill computer, using only the power of a tablet PC.
A c--t is different than your run-of-the-mill jerk (or scoundrel, or creep, or whatever).
Game of Thrones’ ‘The Lion and the Rose’: Joffrey’s Demented, Shocking Royal WeddingAndrew Romano
April 14, 2014
Sabo is as incoherent and hateful as any run-of-the-mill troll.
The ad, for former Republican city council member Carl DeMaio, is in many ways a run-of-the-mill American political commercial.
Historical Examples of run-of-the-mill
The street was full of people—strangers who didn't look like your run-of-the-mill artist.
The SyndicC.M. Kornbluth
run-of-the-mill
- ordinary, average, or undistinguished in quality, character, or nature; not special or excellent
Word Origin and History for run-of-the-mill
"unspectacular," 1909 in a literal sense, in reference to material yielded by a mill, etc., before sorting for quality (cf. common run "usual, ordinary type," from 1712). Figurative use is from 1922.