garden variety

  • 1Garden Variety — may refer to:*Garden variety denotes something as ordinary or standard, particularly plants which are common (rather than hybrid).Sometimes hyphenated: garden variety *Garden Variety (band), a 1990s U.S. rock band …

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  • 2garden-variety — [gärd′ n və rī′ə tē] adj. [see GARDEN, adj. 2a] ordinary; commonplace [a garden variety novelist] …

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  • 3garden-variety — garden va.riety adj [only before noun] especially AmE very ordinary and not very interesting ▪ This is not one of your garden variety cases of fraud …

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  • 4garden-variety — garden va,riety adjective only before noun AMERICAN ordinary and not very interesting: We saw a show when we were in New York but it was nothing special just your garden variety musical …

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  • 5garden-variety — ► ADJECTIVE N. Amer. ▪ of the usual or ordinary type; commonplace …

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  • 6garden-variety — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : garden III 2b * * * adj, always used before a noun US : not unusual : ordinary or common He doesn t have the flu–just a garden variety cold. The movie is a garden variety thriller. * * * ˈgarden variety f7… …

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  • 7garden variety — adjective Ordinary, common, or unexceptional. I can usually recover from a garden variety cold with rest and fluids. Syn: bog standard, everyday, normal, plain vanilla, standard issue, common or garden, common or ga …

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  • 8garden-variety — ADJ: usu ADJ n You can use garden variety to describe something you think is ordinary and not special in any way. [mainly AM] The experiment itself is garden variety science. (in BRIT, usually use common or garden) …

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  • 9garden-variety — American & Australian very ordinary. It s just a garden variety shopping mall, large but not special in any way. (always before noun) …

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  • 10garden-variety — adjective (only before noun) AmE very ordinary and not very interesting: He s just one of your garden variety singers …

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