commonplace
     adj 1: obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace
            prose" [syn: {banal}, {trivial}]
     2: completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now
        become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
     3: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an
        unglamorous job greasing engines" [syn: {humdrum}, {prosaic},
         {unglamorous}, {unglamourous}]
     4: 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'" [syn: {banal}, {hackneyed},
         {old-hat}, {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare}, {timeworn},
         {tired}, {trite}, {well-worn}]
     n : a trite or obvious remark [syn: {platitude}, {cliche}, {banality},
          {bromide}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0