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commonplace
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Sense: modif.

Synonyms:

usual , hackneyed, trite, mundane , common , conventional , dull , everyday , quotidian, banal, same old same old (slang), customary , ordinary , general , garden-variety, corny , cliché (US), clichéd (UK), popular , timeworn, well-worn, overused, tired , two a penny (UK), slang , ten a penny (UK), a dime a dozen (US), unoriginal

Sense: n.

Synonyms:

truism, triteness, platitude, cliché, motto , saying , adage, chestnut (slang), stereotype , banality, hackneyed expression

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