commonplace

Words with a similar base: commonplace

'commonplace'

[platitude.n.01] as in: a trite or obvious remark

'commonplace'

[commonplace.s.01] as in: completely ordinary and unremarkable

Examples:
air travel has now become commonplace
commonplace everyday activities

'commonplace'

[commonplace.s.02] as in: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

Examples:
an unglamorous job greasing engines

'commonplace'

[banal.s.01] as in: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Examples:
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'

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