English Explanatory Dictionary

run-of-the-mill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Ordinary; not special.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-run-of-the-mill.wav

Word forms

run-of-the-mill more run-of-the-mill most run-of-the-mill run of the mill run-o'-the-mill

Etymology

From 1922; from the fact that product produced by a mill should be uniform and like that of any other similar run.

Synonyms

common-or-garden typical average medial basic bog-standard common commonplace common-and-garden congruent consistent conventional customary everyday expected garden variety improminent mundane natural normal ordinary par for the course plain plain vanilla quotidian regular routine run-of-the-mill standard standard issue unexceptional unremarkable unstrange usual vulgar wakeaday workaday

Antonyms

cream of the crop deluxe luxe

Related words

gristmill rolling mill sawmill steel mill textile mill
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