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common-or-garden

adjective

ordinary, standard.

“It's just a common-or-garden fridge but it works fine.”

Similar

customary mundane typical average medial basic bog-standard common

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Meanings

adjectivecommon-or-garden (not comparable)

alternative common or garden

IrelandUKnot comparableordinary, standard.
It's just a common-or-garden fridge but it works fine.
3 more examples
It is to do away entirely with both the magicians and their magic and run our civilization according to practical and comprehensible rules, dedicated to non-legal justice, to common-or-garden fairness that the ordinary man can understand, in the regulation of human affairs.
1939, Fred Rodell, Woe to You Lawyers, Form #11.402, page 74
Comparing Quantum Mechanics to Common-or-Garden Mechanics.
2010, Martin Cohen, Philosophy For Dummies, →ISBN, page 354
For what was objective existence in the long run but a series of common-or-garden situations?
2012, Wilson Harris, Black Marsden, →ISBN
Synonyms: customary, mundane, typical, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveordinary, standard.

Similar

customary mundane typical average medial basic bog-standard common commonplace common-and-garden congruent consistent conventional customary everyday expected garden variety improminent mundane

Also see

common common-and-garden conventional garden variety intraordinary normal ordinary regular routine run-of-the-mill standard standard issue typical unremarkable unstrange vulgar wakeaday workaday

Origin

An extension of the practice of naming domestic – and therefore non-exotic – plants as common or garden, such as common lavender/garden lavender (Lavandula angustifolia).

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APA

common-or-garden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common-or-garden

MLA

“common-or-garden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common-or-garden. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “common-or-garden,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common-or-garden.

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