garden variety

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garden variety

adjective

  1. idiomatic, not comparable Ordinary, common, or unexceptional. I can usually recover from a garden variety cold with rest and fluids.

    Similar: common-or-garden, common or garden variety, normal, plain, regular, standard, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, commonplace · Opposite: abnormal, exotic, extraordinary, special, specialized, uncommon

noun garden varieties

  1. idiomatic An ordinary, standard kind.

    Similar: common or garden variety, plain Jane, regular, garden variety, standard issue

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@misc{garden_variety_2026,
  title = {garden variety},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/garden%20variety},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}