run-of-the-mine

[ ruhn-uhv-thuh-mahyn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
2. common or ordinary; run-of-the-mill:

   a boring, run-of-the-mine performance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of run-of-the-mine¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

It added: “No innocuous, run-of-the-mine church art are these, but powerful social documents, in which a sensitive, brilliant artist has portrayed his abhorrence of injustice and war.”

From Washington Times