not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines" completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities
A commonplace is a remark or opinion that is often expressed and is therefore not original or interesting. It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe. happening or existing in many places, and therefore not special or unusual
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'"