Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

run-of-the-mill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: run-of-the-mill
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Ordinary; not special.

Example Sentences

"This isn’t your run-of-the-mill refrigerator; you’ll find the extra features well worth the price."
"The other had the most run-of-the-mill news which make some of my recent run-of-the-mill columns appear like the raciest escapist fare."
"For a deeper, less familiar philosophy, you have to listen to your more run-of-the-mill dossers, and they don't come more run-of-the-mill than Ratso."
"In one side of the prestigious commissions, public and private, sacred and profane, which could make the name of an artist, there was a more run of the mill style of painting which already enjoyed a vast clientéle at all levels of society."
"Who the more run-of-the-mill victims were is unclear, since they are often not named or have no emblem glyphs attached to them."
"Or even more run-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."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more run-of-the-mill (comparative) most run-of-the-mill (superlative) run of the mill (alternative) run-o'-the-mill (alternative)

Phrases

rolling mill steel mill textile mill

Frequently Paired Words

gristmill rolling mill sawmill steel mill textile mill

Synonyms

common-or-garden typical average medial basic bog-standard common commonplace common-and-garden congruent consistent conventional

Antonyms

cream of the crop deluxe luxe

Questions

What does run-of-the-mill mean?: Ordinary; not special.
Where does run-of-the-mill come from?: From 1922; from the fact that product produced by a mill should be uniform and like that of any other similar run.

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