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Adjectives (8)

adj. not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences; "nontechnical aspects of the job"; "nontechnical training"; "an untechnical reader"; "in clear effective nontechnical language"

Fuzzynyms (20)

average, ordinary

adj. lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"

normal, average

adj. conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"

average, fair, mediocre, middling

adj. lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"

ordinary

adj. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"

patent

adj. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

regular

adj. in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime"

low-cost, low-priced, affordable

adj. that you have the financial means for; "low-cost housing"

everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday

adj. found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant

Synonyms (17)

at large, in general, as a whole

adj. "the country at large"; "I enjoyed the play as a whole though I thought the acting could have been better"

at-large

adj. representing the whole of a state or body rather than one specific division or part of it: "ambassador-at-large"

nonspecific

adj. not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides; "nonspecific enteritis"

widespread

adj. widely circulated or diffused; "a widespread doctrine"; "widespread fear of nuclear war"

general-purpose, all-purpose

adj. not limited in use or function

generic

adj. applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?"

gross

adj. lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"

mass, large-scale

adj. "mass destruction"

miscellaneous

adj. constituting a grab-bag category; "the usual collection of miscellaneous expenses"

overall

adj. involving only main features; "the overall pattern of his life"

pandemic

adj. existing everywhere; "pandemic fear of nuclear war"

pervading, pervasive

adj. spreading or spread throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion"

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technical

adj. characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences; "a technical problem"; "highly technical matters hardly suitable for the general public"; "a technical report"; "producing the A-bomb was a challenge to the technical people of this country"; "technical training"; "technical language"

nontechnical

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