What is the meaning of commonplace?

noun

adjective

  • Completely ordinary and unremarkable.
    • usage: "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
  • Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement.
    • usage: "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
  • Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
    • usage: "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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APAWordNet. (2010). commonplace. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/commonplace/definitions/1171073
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "commonplace" http://smartdefine.org/commonplace/definitions/1171073 (accessed September 21, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, commonplace, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/commonplace/definitions/1171073>.
MLAWordNet. "commonplace" 23 October 2010. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/commonplace/definitions/1171073>
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