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Definition of "run-of-the-mill" [run-of-the-mill]

  • Not special or outstanding; average. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "run-of-the-mill" in a sentence
  • "I'm not referring to the run-of-the-mill creepy, anonymous emails that many of us receive from time to time, but to blatant and open hate-mongering."
  • "While Cooper insisted that it was probably just a sick or injured wolf, the probability that a plain old run-of-the-mill wolf was attacking people seemed to be shrinking."
  • "Otherwise, it was just normal run-of-the-mill offensive drivel from a text book Tory."
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