run-of-the-mill

adjective

ˌrən-ə(v)-t͟hə-ˈmil 

: not outstanding in quality or rarity : average, ordinary

Synonyms of run-of-the-mill

• normal
• ordinary
• usual
• typical
• average

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Had he been exposed to a more run-of-the-mill pneumonic plague, symptom onset would have already consigned him to bed. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

The Polo Lounge isn’t just a run-of-the-mill restaurant in Los Angeles. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026

From the outset of the selloff earlier this year, Jim Cramer was screaming from the rooftops that cyber should never have been lumped into run-of-the-mill enterprise software. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 July 2026

Residents say their reports of the theft — like their complaints of other crimes — go unheeded because their 2-year-old apartment building lies in a law enforcement no man’s land where no police agency has the power or resources to investigate and prosecute run-of-the-mill crime. — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for run-of-the-mill

• verapamil
• anthill
• backfill
• bluegill
• crossbill
• distil
• distill
• downhill
• dunghill
• foothill
• fulfil
• fulfill

Kids Definition

run-of-the-mill

adjective

ˌrən-ə(v)-t͟hə-ˈmil

: average entry 2 sense 2, ordinary