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run-of-the-mill

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See also:run of the mill

English

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Alternative forms

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run of the mill,run-o'-the-mill

Etymology

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From 1922; from the fact that product produced by a mill should be uniform and like that of any other similar run.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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run-of-the-mill (comparativemorerun-of-the-mill,superlativemostrun-of-the-mill)

(figurative)Ordinary; notspecial.
Synonyms:common-or-garden;see alsoThesaurus:common
This isn’t yourrun-of-the-mill refrigerator; you’ll find the extra features well worth the price.
- 1971 November 30, Martin Lapidus, “Class Notes: 62”, inPrinceton Alumni Weekly, volume72,page26:
  The other had the mostrun-of-the-mill news which make some of my recentrun-of-the-mill columns appear like the raciest escapist fare.
- 1989,Punch,page55:
  For a deeper, less familiar philosophy, you have to listen to your morerun-of-the-mill dossers, and they don't come morerun-of-the-mill than Ratso.
- 1995, Alain Mérot,French Painting in the Seventeenth Century,page42:
  In one side of the prestigious commissions, public and private, sacred and profane, which could make the name of an artist, there was a morerun of the mill style of painting which already enjoyed a vast clientéle at all levels of society.
- 1999, David Drew,The Lost Chronicles of the Maya Kings‎^[1], page284:
  Who the morerun-of-the-mill victims were is unclear, since they are often not named or have no emblem glyphs attached to them.
- 2001,Gabrielle Lord,Death Delights, published2002,unnumbered page:
  Or even morerun-of-the-mill murders which usually turn out to be family or business affairs and where someone's usually heard something or, in the case of the more professional killings, someone wants to do a deal.
- 2019 April 18, Jake Nevins, “Someone Great review - another run-of-the-mill romcom from Netflix”, inThe Guardian‎^[2],→ISSN:
  Someone Great review - anotherrun-of-the-mill romcom from Netflix [title]