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Adjective: commonplace 'kómun`pleys- Completely ordinary and unremarkable
"air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities" - Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
- humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous - Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"his remarks were trite and commonplace"
- banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn [N. Amer], stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn, shop-soiled [Brit]
Noun: commonplace 'kómun`pleys- A trite or obvious remark
- platitude, cliché, banality, bromide
Derived forms: commonplaces See also: commonplaceness, ordinary, unexciting, unoriginal Type of: comment, input, remark, truism Encyclopedia: Commonplace |