commonplace

Noun
  1. A trite or obvious remark (synset 107168754)
    is a type of:
    • comment, input, remark - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
    • truism - an obvious truth
    same as: banality, bromide, cliche, platitude
Adjective
  1. Completely ordinary and unremarkable (synset 301678501)
    "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
    similar to: ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
  2. Not challenging;
    Dull and lacking excitement (synset 300926081)
    "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
    similar to: unexciting - not exciting
    same as: humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
  3. Repeated too often;
    Overfamiliar through overuse (synset 301693210)
    "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
    similar to: unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
    same as: banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

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