: 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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Most run-of-the-mill thong-style sandals come with flimsy, thin soles, and rock-hard plastic toe separators, leaving problem-prone feet sore, raw, and in way worse shape than before. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025 But that ideal future can’t happen if the forces guiding it have such narrow vision as to schedule random, run-of-the-mill league fixtures against their sport’s version of Super Bowl Sunday. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 His website advertised expertise in defending run-of-the-mill cases: DUI, domestic violence, theft, assault. Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025 Hydrating well, moving your body often, and managing your stress levels are also seemingly run-of-the-mill behaviors with real positive ripple effects for your gut. Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 May 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 7 Jun. 2025.

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run-of-the-mill

adjective
ˌrən-ə(v)-t͟hə-ˈmil
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