Definisjon av commonplace

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Adjective

commonplace - not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
unexciting not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life"
commonplace - completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
ordinary not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"
commonplace - 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'"
banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
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Substantiv

commonplace - A platitude or cliché.
commonplace - Something that is ordinary.

Verb

commonplace - To make a commonplace book.
commonplace - To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.

Adjektiv

commonplace - ordinary; having no remarkable features.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • commonplace
    Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
  • commonplace
    A saying that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: commonplace
  • Komparativ: more commonplace
  • Superlativ: most commonplace

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