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commonplace

How to sign: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"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'";

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Banal - ASL Study
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commonplace - SMARTSign Dictionary
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threadbare - SMARTSign Dictionary
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timeworn - SMARTSign Dictionary
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trite - SMARTSign Dictionary
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Similiar / Same: hackneyed, old-hat, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite, banal, shopworn, well-worn

commonplace

How to sign: a trite or obvious remark

Cliche - ASL Study
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cliche - SMARTSign Dictionary
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cliche - SMARTSign Dictionary
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platitude - SMARTSign Dictionary
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bromide - SMARTSign Dictionary
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Similiar / Same: platitude, cliche, banality, bromide

Categories: comment, remark, truism

commonplace

How to sign: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
"an unglamorous job greasing engines";

unglamorous - SMARTSign Dictionary
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Similiar / Same: humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous, prosaic

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