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bog-standard
adjective UK informal disapprovingDefinition
(Definition of bog-standard adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- conformity noun
- day-to-day adjective
- default noun (RESULT)
- diet noun
- given adjective (HAVE HABIT)
- institutionalize verb (CUSTOM)
- mainline adjective (COMMON)
- quotidian adjective
- regular adjective (EVEN)
- regular adjective (USUAL)
- regularize verb
- routine adjective
- routine noun
- set adjective (FIXED)
- standard adjective
- staple adjective
- staple noun (BASIC)
- std adjective
- stock adjective
- the daily round idiom
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