unspecialadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈspɛʃl/, U.S. /ˌənˈspɛʃ(ə)l/ Not special (in various senses); esp. not exceptional, unusual, or out of the ordinary; mundane, commonplace.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > commonplace
quotidian1430
trite1548
beaten1587
trivial1589
threadbare1598
protrite1604
prose1606
commonplace1616
everyday1628
prostitute1631
prosaical1699
tritical1709
prosaic1729
tritish1779
hack1821
rum-ti-tum1832
unspecial1838
banal1840
commonplacish1847
prosy1849
inventionless1887
thread-worn1888
1838 J. S. Waugh Sci. Cerebro-spinal Phenomena Attempted Pref. p. xvii The cerebro-spinal influence..is entirely unspecial as to the functions of these centres.
1875 London Society July 42/1 The observations of special correspondents and unspecial travellers.
1921 Youth's Compan. 24 Mar. 177/1 It looks as if being extra, outside, unspecial stenographer were the limit of my possibilities with the Mifflin Rubber Company.
1970 T. Hilton Pre-Raphaelites v. 151 Here is a dull day, unspecial, cold and leaden, and yet a momentous day for those people who are leaving home.
2014 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 4 Apr. 39 Jude Law is excellent in the thankless title role of this unspecial movie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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