run-of-the-mill

1. 1.

   not special in any way; lacking distinction

   “run-of-the-mill boxing”

   “your run-of-the-mine college graduate”

   “a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career”

   Synonymsrun-of-the-minemine rununexceptionalundistinguished

   Similarordinary

Questions about run-of-the-mill

What does run-of-the-mill mean?

run-of-the-mill means "not special in any way; lacking distinction".

How many syllables are in run-of-the-mill?

run-of-the-mill has 4 syllables: ru-n-of--the--mill. The stress falls on "n-of-".

What is another word for run-of-the-mill?

Close synonyms include run-of-the-mine, mine run, unexceptional, undistinguished. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is run-of-the-mill a common word?

run-of-the-mill is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.