run-of-the-mill

adj.
Not special or outstanding; average.

adjective

Being of no special quality or type: average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried, formulaic, garden, garden-variety, indifferent, mediocre, ordinary, plain, routine, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable. See good/bad, usual/unusual.

Ordinary, average, as in There's nothing special about these singers--they're just run of the mill. This expression alludes to fabrics coming directly from a mill without having been sorted or inspected for quality. It has survived such similar phrases as run of the mine and run of the kiln, for the products of mines and kilns. [Late 1800s]

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: not special in any way
  Synonyms: run-of-the-mine, unexceptional

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Français (French)
adj. - ordinaire, banal

Español (Spanish)
adj. - mediocre, promedio

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