Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation., An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude., A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to., To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads., To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.
The word is commonplace.
Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
Simple answers are not as commonplace as simple questions. Snails are commonplace in some gardens.
"Every day" is an adjective phrase that means occurring each day. "Everyday" is an adjective that means ordinary or commonplace.
Homelesness in this neighbourhood is commonplace
"The Practical" was written by Joseph Schwab. In it he describes the four commonplaces of education: Learner commonplace, Teacher commonplace, Subject matter commonplace and Milieux commonplace.
Loons are not commonplace here. Children are quite commomplace at Disneyland.
Trivia is from Latin, same spelling meaning matters or things that are not important. The word's true meaning is 'the place where three roads meet' from 'Tri' meaning three and 'Via' meaning road. Derives from the idea of something that may be found anywhere, something that is commonplace.
One unfamiliar word in "Dead Stars" by Paz Marquez Benitez is "prosaic," meaning commonplace or unromantic. Another unfamiliar word is "virile," meaning having masculine characteristics or qualities.
In 'A Study in Scarlet': "The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious, because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn." In 'The Sign of Four': "Crime is commonplace, existence is commonplace, and no qualities save those which are commonplace have any function upon earth." In 'The Red-Headed League': "As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify." In 'A Case of Identity': "Depend upon it there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace." In 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery': "Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult is it to bring it home." I think that about covers it.
The Courage of the Commonplace - 1913 was released on: USA: 1 August 1913
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