boiler plate

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All (3) Adjective (1) Noun (2)

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commonplace adj.
cliché n.
platitude n.

ADJECTIVE

commonplace

Synonyms

STRONGEST

customary mundane normal obvious prevalent typical

STRONG

familiar humdrum mainstream middling natural ordinary pedestrian plebeian starch vanilla

WEAK

characterless clichéd colorless conventional corny dime-a-dozen familiar tune garden variety hackneyed lowly matter-of-course mediocre middle-of-the-road prosaic run-of-the-mill stale stereotyped threadbare trite uneventful unexceptional uninteresting unnoteworthy widespread workaday worn-out

Antonyms

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abnormal different irregular rare uncommon unconventional unusual

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exceptional extraordinary

WEAK

infrequent peculiar

NOUN

cliché

Synonyms

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adage banality bromide buzzword chestnut commonplace corn counterword familiar tune motto old story platitude potboiler prosaism proverb saying shibboleth slogan stale saying stereotype threadbare phrase trite remark triteness triviality truism vapid expression

NOUN

platitude

Synonyms

STRONGEST

banality bromide

STRONG

buzzword chestnut commonplace corn evenness flatness hokum inanity insipidity monotony motto potboiler proverb saw shibboleth stereotype tag triteness triviality truism vapidity verbiage

WEAK

cliché familiar tune hackneyed saying high camp old chestnut old story prosaicism trite remark

Antonyms

WEAK

coinage nuance

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boiler plate

The specific assignments seem relatively low-level boiler plate that was heavily informed by the detailed instructions.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023

The FRC beefed up its decade-old stewardship code in 2020 to stop "boiler plate" statements about investment decision-making that it said did little to show if investors were getting value for money.

From Reuters ● Sep. 5, 2021

These two ideas are practically boiler plate at this point in the pandemic.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2020

Your comment is heart-felt but it is heavy on boiler plate rhetoric and short on facts.

From Economist ● Dec. 18, 2013

I've pulled the Washington on tank town weeklies, trimmed boiler plate on all-home-print, and attained the eminence of space writer on county seat dailies.

From Thirty by Howard Vincent O'Brien

boiler plate

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