commonplace

[US]/ˈkɒmənpleɪs/
[UK]/ˈkɑːmənpleɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. ordinary, mediocre
n. cliché, ordinary thing

Example Sentences

the usual commonplace remarks.

He is a commonplace person.

unemployment was commonplace in his trade.

it is a commonplace to talk of the young being alienated.

Soon it will be commonplace for men to travel to the moon.

uttered the commonplace “welcome aboard”;

bombing has become almost a commonplace of public life there.

Some scientists believe that soon it will be commonplace for people to travel to the moon.

He uttered a few commonplaces about peace.

The fashionable remarks of today often become the commonplace expressions of tomorrow.

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