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commonplace


I - noun
a trite or obvious remark (Freq. 1)
Syn:
platitude, cliche, banality, bromide
Derivationally related forms:
banal (for: banality), platitudinous (for: platitude)
Hypernyms:
remark, comment, input, truism

II - adjective
1. completely ordinary and unremarkable (Freq. 1)
- air travel has now become commonplace
- commonplace everyday activities
Similar to:
ordinary
Derivationally related forms:
commonplaceness
2. not challenging;
dull and lacking excitement (Freq. 1)
- an unglamorous job greasing engines
Syn:
humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
Similar to:
unexciting
Derivationally related forms:
prose (for: prosaic), prosaicness (for: prosaic)
3. repeated too often;
overfamiliar through overuse
- bromidic sermons
- his remarks were trite and commonplace
- hackneyed phrases
- a stock answer
- repeating threadbare jokes
- parroting some timeworn axiom
- the trite metaphor 'hard as nails'
Syn:
banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock,
threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
Similar to:
unoriginal
Derivationally related forms:
triteness (for: trite), banality (for: banal)

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