garden-variety

[gahr-dn-vuh-rahy-i-tee] / ˈgɑr dn vəˌraɪ ɪ ti /

ADJECTIVE

ordinary

Synonyms

WEAK

average characterless common commonplace conventional cut-and-dried dull fair familiar formulaic garden generic habitual homespun household humble indifferent inferior mean mediocre modest no great shakes normal p

Example Sentences

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But his is no garden-variety housing development.

From BBC

There’s no saying when the next major bear market will send Americans to the mattresses—maybe through the collapse of AI mania, or possibly just a garden-variety recession.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s no particular reason to think Mr. Roberts is an antisemite or a racist as opposed to a garden-variety fool, and he’s spent the past week reassuring the public that he disagrees with Mr. Fuentes on the substance.

From The Wall Street Journal

It doesn’t matter that Bankman-Fried’s convictions weren’t really about crypto either, but garden-variety fraud.

From Slate

This week’s Slate News Quiz is more than your garden-variety diversion.

From Slate

garden-variety

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