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ordinary
adjective as in common, regular
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accustomed, customary, established, frequent, grassroots, habitual, popular, prevailing, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, settled, usual, wonted
adjective as in average; not distinctive
Strongest matches
common, conventional, dull, generic, humble, mediocre, normal, plain, simple, unremarkable, workaday
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commonplace, fair, familiar, garden, homespun, household, inferior, mean, pedestrian, plastic, routine, vanilla
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characterless, garden variety, habitual, indifferent, modest, no great shakes, prosaic, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, so-so, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unpretentious, usual, white-bread
Example Sentences
"I'm an ordinary person, a businessman," he says.
Ms Liddle told the inquiry she had daily flashbacks and struggled with ordinary tasks following the attack.
For six years, Ballesteros lived within what he calls Ye’s “reality distortion field,” a world where access, attention, wealth and creativity bent the rules of ordinary life.
Protesters argue these individuals enjoy success and luxury without merit, living off public money while ordinary Nepalis struggle.
Upstairs in the public gallery, observers craned their necks to get a last glimpse – possibly for decades, perhaps ever – of the seemingly ordinary woman who is one of Australia's most extraordinary killers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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