commonplace (
http://definr.com/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,
shopworn,
stock(a),
threadbare,
timeworn,
tired,
trite,
well-worn]
n : a trite or obvious remark [syn:
platitude,
cliche,
banality,
bromide]