run-of-the-mill

Examples

• All

• It's beautiful in a very like, run-of-the-mill sort of way.

• I decided to let students discuss how authentic assessment is different from the everyday run-of-the-mill test.

  Academic text (2004)

• Mine was not the usual run of the mill job interview.

  Mercy (2021)

• Just your run of the mill double homicide investigation.

  Freeheld (2015)

• It's just an old run-of-the-mill Wednesday.

  Rear Window (1954)

• But we're not talking about average, run-of-the-mill folks, whose choices affect their immediate family and friends.

  Blog text (2)

• They are the most ordinary run-of-the-mill, could find them at any street corner in any city, in any state in the country.

  Chris Williamson

• Decent margins here, decent margins, decent value, just kind of another run-of-the-mill business.

  Alex Hormozi

• The majority of contracts in this world are not insurance contracts or merger agreements but are run-of-the-mill commercial agreements.

  Academic text (2017)

• She wore a run-of-the-mill dress to the party, blending in with everyone else.

Synonyms

C

commonplace

vsrun-of-the-mill

54 3.4

Ordinary and not special or new

is the casual descriptor for that usual, unoriginal sense

N

nothing special

vsrun-of-the-mill

43 2.2

Ordinary and not very interesting

is the neutral way to say lacking notable qualities

G

garden variety

vsrun-of-the-mill

• Informal

20 3.5

Common and not special or unusual

is the general idiomatic label for that ordinary type

U

unremarkable

vsrun-of-the-mill

20 3.5

Being ordinary and not interesting

is the plain term for things that remain unnoticed or dull

U

undistinguished

vsrun-of-the-mill

5 5.4

A person or thing that has no special quality

is the standard phrase highlighting absence of notable features

U

unexceptional

vsrun-of-the-mill

3 4.4

Not special or impressive, just ordinary

is the neutral label used to show absence of distinction

N

nothing spectacular

vsrun-of-the-mill

1 3.4

Not very impressive or special

is the everyday phrase used to mark lack of impressiveness

U

unextraordinary

vsrun-of-the-mill

1 4.0

Not special or exciting

is the more familiar way to express that lack of remark

M

mine run

vsrun-of-the-mill

• Archaic

8.4

Not special or interesting

is the common, neutral way to name that ordinary quality

R

run-of-the-mine

vsrun-of-the-mill

• Informal

7.2

Common and not special

is the familiar, neutral expression for that same plain quality

C

common-and-garden

vsrun-of-the-mill

• UK

4.9

Ordinary and not special

is the standard casual term for that same everyday sense

C

common or garden variety

vsrun-of-the-mill

• UK

4.4

Ordinary and not special, like a simple jacket you can buy anywhere

is the basic, widely used expression for that common version

U

unfancied

vsrun-of-the-mill

5.5

Has a plain, simple style and is not expensive

is the broader casual term for being ordinary rather than ornate

Antonyms

E

extraordinary

• Formal

859 3.8

Very unusual or much greater than usual

E

exceptional

• Specialized

27 4.8

A child whose thinking or physical ability is much different from most children

How Ordinary

banal

21 7.2

mundane

80 4.3

run-of-the-mill

• Informal

24 3.3

ordinary

683 1.0

average

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology