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run-of-the-mill

adj

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. Ordinary

    Ordinary; not special.

    • This isn’t your run-of-the-mill refrigerator; you’ll find the extra features well worth the price.
    • The other had the most run-of-the-mill news which make some of my recent run-of-the-mill columns appear like the raciest escapist fare.
    • For a deeper, less familiar philosophy, you have to listen to your more run-of-the-mill dossers, and they don't come more run-of-the-mill than Ratso.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA