mine run
- adjective
- Archaic
- The show was just a mine run production, nothing particularly memorable.
Examples
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This event is just mine run.
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Don't expect anything special; it's a mine run show!
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Most of the candidates were mine run and failed to stand out during the interview process.
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She received a mine run education at an average public school.
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I had a mine run day at the office with no special projects or events.
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The restaurant served a mine run plate of spaghetti that tasted just average.
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His presentation was quite mine run compared to the innovative ideas from his colleagues.
Synonyms
Usual or expected in most situations
Ordinary and not very good
Happening most of the time in a normal way
Normal and not special or unusual
Ordinary and not very interesting
Ordinary and not special
A person or thing that has no special quality
Not special or impressive, just ordinary
Common and not special
Ordinary and not special, like a simple jacket you can buy anywhere
Antonyms
How Ordinary
- Informal
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
There is no clear compositional route from 'mine' (a possessive pronoun) + 'run' (a span of events) to the meaning 'ordinary/average'. The phrase does not follow common English composition patterns and appears idiomatic or nonce, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would not reliably infer the intended sense without prior exposure.
Etymology
Mine run may come from miners' language. One popular story says a mine's regular run of rock was the everyday, common output—not a rich find. So mine run came to mean 'ordinary' or 'nothing special'.