Commonplace in a sentence as a noun

The problem indicated is quite stark, and very commonplace.

That was commonplace enough that the labels themselves were made in multiple parts so that removing them was messy.

Are we yet at a place where officers breaking the law is so commonplace they just don't care or even think about it anymore?

Those who are defending this as a reasonable and commonplace policy are dissembling at best.

Just think if so much shady business goes on in a case they know will be high profile, how widespread and commonplace these practices must be all around.

Commonplace in a sentence as an adjective

It would be nice to see it commonplace and socially acceptable to disable the filters purely because of how rubbish they are.

I like the more prosaic interpretation, which is that certain graphical idioms have become so commonplace that in order to stand out visually, you need to do something different.

> Darwin was actually relatively unoriginal in his ideas about evolution, which was already commonplace in biological circles.

Perhaps there are some policy changes to be made on the margins, and on my own part my policy preference would be to make immigration to the United States legally easier and much more commonplace, but the way to make the case for policy reform is to show law-abiding Americans that the policy changes help their lives.

Commonplace definitions

noun

a trite or obvious remark

See also: platitude cliche banality bromide

adjective

completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"

adjective

not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"

See also: humdrum prosaic unglamorous unglamourous

adjective

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'"