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
Happening most of the time in a normal way
Ordinary and not very good
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'.