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English to English adjective
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Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation. |  | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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completely ordinary and unremarkable | | Example: air travel has now become commonplace
commonplace everyday activities
source: wordnet30
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not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | | Example: an unglamorous job greasing engines
source: wordnet30
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | | Example: bromidic sermons
his remarks were trite and commonplace
hackneyed phrases
a stock answer
repeating threadbare jokes
parroting some timeworn axiom
the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
source: wordnet30
noun
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a trite or obvious remark | | source: wordnet30
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An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude. | | source: webster1913
verb
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To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads. | | source: webster1913
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To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. | | source: webster1913
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