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run-of-the-mill

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As an adjective, run-of-the-mill means not special in any way.

Meanings of run-of-the-mill

1 meaning

Not special in any way; lacking distinction
“run-of-the-mill boxing”
“your run-of-the-mine college graduate”
“as unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career”
Similar: run-of-the-mine, mine run, unexceptional, undistinguished

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

adjective: not special in any way; lacking distinction

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