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run-of-the-mill en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From 1922; from the fact that product produced by a mill should be uniform and like that of any other similar run.

Meanings

1. (figuratively) Ordinary; not special.
   • In one side of the prestigious commissions, public and private, sacred and profane, which could make the name of an artist, there was a more run of the mill style of painting which already enjoyed a vast clientéle at all levels of society. 1995, Alain Mérot, French Painting in the Seventeenth Century, page 42:
   • Someone Great review - another run-of-the-mill romcom from Netflix [title] 2019 April 18, Jake Nevins, “Someone Great review - another run-of-the-mill romcom from Netflix”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • The other had the most run-of-the-mill news which make some of my recent run-of-the-mill columns appear like the raciest escapist fare. 1971 November 30, Martin Lapidus, “Class Notes: 62”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 72, page 26:
   • This isn’t your run-of-the-mill refrigerator; you’ll find the extra features well worth the price.
   • Who the more run-of-the-mill victims were is unclear, since they are often not named or have no emblem glyphs attached to them. 1999, David Drew, The Lost Chronicles of the Maya Kings, page 284:
   • Or even more run-of-the-mill murders which usually turn out to be family or business affairs and where someone's usually heard something or, in the case of the more professional killings, someone wants to do a deal. 2001, Gabrielle Lord, Death Delights, published 2002, unnumbered page:
   • For a deeper, less familiar philosophy, you have to listen to your more run-of-the-mill dossers, and they don't come more run-of-the-mill than Ratso. 1989, Punch, page 55:

Forms

Antonyms

deluxe · cream of the crop · luxe

Relateds

textile mill · rolling mill · gristmill · steel mill · sawmill

Synonyms

garden variety · routine · standard · par for the course · congruent · common-and-garden · conventional · bog-standard · everyday · natural · wakeaday · plain vanilla · par · commonplace · usual · unstrange · basic · customary · medial · mundane · typical · vulgar · common-or-garden · normal · typical · regular · unexceptional · quotidian · workaday · ordinary · average · plain · consistent · standard issue · common · unremarkable · run-of-the-mill · improminent · common-or-garden · expected

Translations (53)

pt ordinário (ordinary) · sv ordinär (ordinary) · it ordinario (ordinary) · tr bayağı (ordinary) · tr olağan (ordinary) · fr ordinaire (ordinary) · fi tavallinen (ordinary) · hu hétköznapi (ordinary) · bg редови́ (ordinary) · es corriente y moliente (ordinary) · ru обы́чный (ordinary) · cmn 普通的 (ordinary) · de Stangen- (ordinary) · de nullachtfünfzehn (ordinary) · bg посре́дствен (ordinary) · bg станда́ртен (ordinary) · is miðlungs- (ordinary) · uk пересічний (ordinary) · hu sima (ordinary) · ru зауря́дный (ordinary) · id biasa (ordinary) · uk аби́який (ordinary) · es común y corriente (ordinary) · pl zwyczajny (ordinary) · it standard (ordinary) · is hversdagslegur (ordinary) · eo kutima (ordinary) · et tavaline (ordinary) · is fábrotinn (ordinary) · eo ordinaraj (ordinary) · nl alledaags (ordinary) · cmn 平凡的 (ordinary) · de von der Stange (ordinary) · ru обыкнове́нный (ordinary) · et tavapärane (ordinary) · bg обикнове́н (ordinary) · fi perus- (ordinary) · eo kutimaj (ordinary) · is venjulegur (ordinary) · hu középszerű (ordinary) · fi peruskaura (ordinary) · hu közönséges (ordinary) · tr alelade (ordinary) · tr sıradan (ordinary) · es ordinario (ordinary) · hu átlagos (ordinary) · uk звичайні́сінький (ordinary) · tr alışılmış (ordinary) · nl doordeweeks (ordinary) · es adocenado (ordinary) · ru обы́денный (ordinary) · eo ordinara (ordinary) · es del montón (ordinary)