: not outstanding in quality or rarity : average, ordinary

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
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Whether your child becomes a fantastic creature, a spell-binding witch, or something more run-of-the-mill, their expression of pure imagination is the magic of Halloween. Parents Editors, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025 Wantschun Silk Cowl-Neck Blouse As Kidman demonstrated, a silk cowl-neck blouse can effortlessly transform an outfit from run-of-the-mill to eye-catching. Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025 What at first appears to be a run-of-the-mill trauma drama about a family dealing with the eldest child’s anorexia nervosa gradually evolves into something odder and more original, even blackly comic, in Ungrateful Beings. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025 These aren’t your run-of-the-mill wimpy tints. Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for run-of-the-mill

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of run-of-the-mill was in 1919

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“Run-of-the-mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run-of-the-mill. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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run-of-the-mill

adjective
ˌrən-ə(v)-t͟hə-ˈmil
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