Commonplace - Definition
commonplace
adj 1: completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now
become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
2: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous
job greasing engines" [syn: commonplace, humdrum,
prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous]
3: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic
sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace";
"hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare
jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor
`hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed,
old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, well-worn]
n 1: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche,
banality, commonplace, bromide]