commonplace

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs/ UK /ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs/
adj noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    ordinary and unremarkable; a trite or obvious remark

    Smartphones have become utterly commonplace.

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Synonyms
1 adj · ordinary and unremarkable;... ordinaryunremarkablemundanebanaltritehumdrumplatitude
Word family
Derived forms commonplaceness
Related forms commoncommonality

Etymology

A loan translation of Latin locus communis, itself rendering Ancient Greek koinos topos ('common topic'), originally a rhetorical commonplace; from common (Latin communis) + place (Latin platea, from Greek plateia).

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