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View synonyms for out of the ordinary

out of the ordinary



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Unusual, uncommon, exceptional, as in The venison they served was certainly out of the ordinary . This expression sometimes, but not always, indicates that something is better than the usual. However, the negative version, nothing out of the ordinary , usually indicates that something is not special or outstanding, as in It was an interesting lecture, but nothing out of the ordinary .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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