The meaning of Workaday

noun

A number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number.

Usage examples:

The proportion of over-60s is above the eu average of 19 per cent

adjective

Constituting the result obtained by adding together several amounts and then dividing this total by the number of amounts.

Usage examples:

The average temperature in may was 4°c below normal

verb

Amount to or achieve as an average rate or amount over a period of time; mean.

Usage examples:

Annual inflation averaged 2.4 per cent

adjective

A characterless person or thing is not interesting or has no style or unusual qualities

Usage examples:

It's just one of those characterless modern cities., a perfect but characterless face

adjective

(especially of a gas or liquid) without colour.

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A colourless liquid

adjective

Having no colour

Usage examples:

Water and glass are colourless., carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, poisonous gas., it is …

adjective

Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.

Usage examples:

A conventional morality had dictated behaviour

adjective

Following the usual practices of the past

Usage examples:

We were raised in a conventional, middle-class family., it’s a conventional hot-water heater (= of …

adjective

Relating to accepted or traditional ways of doing something

Usage examples:

Conventional accounting/business practices/methods, it is estimated that over one-third of sub-prim…

noun

The ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people and regarded as normal or conventional.

Usage examples:

They withdrew from the mainstream of european politics

adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of the mainstream.

Usage examples:

Mainstream pop music

verb

Bring into the mainstream.

Usage examples:

Vegetarianism has been mainstreamed

adjective

Not extreme and acceptable to or liked by most people

Usage examples:

His views on social issues are pretty much middle-of-the-road.

adjective

Lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics.

Usage examples:

She lived in a nondescript suburban apartment block

noun

A nondescript person or thing.

Usage examples:

The nondescripts were straight out of the nine-to-five banking bureaucracy

adjective

With no special or distinctive features; normal.

Usage examples:

He sets out to depict ordinary people

noun

What is commonplace or standard.

Usage examples:

Their clichés were vested with enough emotion to elevate them above the ordinary

adjective

Not different, special, or unexpected in any way; usual

Usage examples:

His music was of the sort that ordinary americans could relate to., computers are now widely availa…

adjective

Not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character.

Usage examples:

Good plain food

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

Perhaps the youth was just plain stupid

noun

A large area of flat land with few trees.

Usage examples:

The coastal plain

idiom

Not special in any way

adjective

Lacking unusual or special aspects; ordinary.

Usage examples:

A run-of-the-mill job

adjective

Ordinary and not special or exciting in any way

Usage examples:

The event is not just a run-of-the-mill conference.

adjective

Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty.

Usage examples:

A simple solution

noun

A medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one.

Usage examples:

The gatherers of simples

exclamation

Of very low intelligence.

adjective

Lacking distinction; unexceptional.

Usage examples:

An undistinguished career

adjective

Not especially respected or admired

Usage examples:

She has the burden of being by far the best player in an otherwise undistinguished international si…

adjective

Not out of the ordinary; usual.

Usage examples:

An unexceptional movie

adjective

Ordinary, not exceptional

Usage examples:

He was a hard-working, if unexceptional, student.

adjective

Not attempting to impress others with an appearance of greater importance, talent, or culture than is actually possessed.

Usage examples:

A friendly and unpretentious hotel

adjective

Simple and/or sincere; not pretentious

Usage examples:

The food is delicious and unpretentious.

adjective

Not particularly interesting or surprising.

Usage examples:

His early childhood was unremarkable

adjective

Ordinary and not interesting

Usage examples:

An unremarkable town