Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not special or outstanding; average.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Ordinary; common; unexceptional.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective idiomatic
ordinary ; notspecial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not special in any way
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Examples
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I'm not referring to the run-of-the-mill creepy, anonymous emails that many of us receive from time to time, but to blatant and open hate-mongering.
Kelly Rigg: Will the Real Global Warming Alarmists Please Stand Up? Kelly Rigg 2011
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But The Post didn't mention -- and neither have other media outlets -- that this isn't just any run-of-the-mill General Boykin.
Jason Salzman: Palin Speaks With General who says Islam Shouldn't Be Protected Like Other Religions Jason Salzman 2011
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Law Abiding Citizen is a violent neo-noir by director F. Gary Gray that begs to be more than just your run-of-the-mill thrill ride but falls victim to overthinking the motives of its own characters that it tries to craft, leaving a film that has a lot of anger and bloodshed, but not much more.
LAW ABIDING CITIZEN Extended Director’s Cut Blu-ray Review – Collider.com 2010
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Since this is a marginal vineyard at best, likely producing unintersting run-of-the-mill wines, you should get something more appropriate: like a sancerre.
Where in the wine world are we? Picturesque but marginal edition | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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The damage: more than $11,000 and these were just your run-of-the-mill oaks.
Odd Branch of Crime Sumathi Reddy 2011
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EVERY PRESIDENT uses a teleprompter … but this is just another attempt to try to cast doubt on President Obama … as if he were just some stupid run-of-the-mill person …
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While Cooper insisted that it was probably just a sick or injured wolf, the probability that a plain old run-of-the-mill wolf was attacking people seemed to be shrinking.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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But The Post didn't mention -- and neither have other media outlets -- that this isn't just any run-of-the-mill General Boykin.
Jason Salzman: Palin Speaks With General who says Islam Shouldn't Be Protected Like Other Religions Jason Salzman 2011
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Otherwise, it was just normal run-of-the-mill offensive drivel from a text book Tory.
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Voting on run-of-the-mill school budgets soon could be phased out in New Jersey.
School Vote Changes Weighed Lisa Fleisher 2011
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