garden-variety
Run of mill
Garden-variety means ordinary, common, or unremarkable—the kind you'd find anywhere, nothing special.
The phrase derives from plant cultivation, where garden varieties are standard rather than exotic specimens.
It often carries a mildly dismissive tone: a garden-variety cold, garden-variety corruption, not your garden-variety politician.
Widespread and unremarkable
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
- everydayOccurring each day
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
unremarkable · run-of-the-mill · plain · basic · normal · conventional · routine · standard
Existing across many places
- prevalentCommonly occurring, widespread
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- commonWidespread and unremarkable
- everywhereIn all places
abundant · pervasive · mainstream · universal · ordinary · typical · endemic · prolific
common
Widespread and unremarkable
mundane · unremarkable · run-of-the-mill · plain · basic · normal · conventional · routine · standard · generic
widespread
Existing across many places
- prevalentCommonly occurring, widespread
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- commonWidespread and unremarkable
everywhere · abundant · pervasive · mainstream · universal · ordinary · typical · endemic · prolific · rife
garden-varietyrare
Seldom found or seen
exotic · unusual · exceptional · extraordinary · uncommon
garden-varietyremarkable
Worthy of attention
extraordinary · exceptional · outstanding · notable · striking
garden-varietyunconventional
Departing from standard practice
unorthodox · eccentric · strange · weird · odd
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