: not outstanding in quality or rarity : average, ordinary

Examples of run-of-the-mill in a Sentence

just another run-of-the-mill suburb with its shopping malls and fast-food restaurants his latest offering is rather run-of-the-mill for this usually excellent novelist
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The music is heavy for the sake of it — the same aggressive drums and raw electric guitar used by modern, run-of-the-mill post-hardcore bands. Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025 Just your run-of-the-mill, generic eggs from a grocery store chain. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 27 Mar. 2025 So, try as Affleck might to paint his split from Lopez as humdrum and run-of-the-mill, I am now riveted by the mystery of it. Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025 These expensive bills, coupled with high annual percentage rates (APRs), which range from 24% for a run-of-the-mill card to almost 30% for specialized cards, are a major factor that brought the country to its now $1 trillion credit card debt hole — an increase of 11% year over year. Brenden Rearick, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for run-of-the-mill

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of run-of-the-mill was in 1919

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“Run-of-the-mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run-of-the-mill. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.

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run-of-the-mill

adjective
ˌrən-ə(v)-t͟hə-ˈmil
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