OUT OF THE ORDINARY Definition & Meaning

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out of the ordinary

Unusual, uncommon, exceptional, as in The venison they served was certainly out of the ordinary. This expression sometimes, but not always, indicates that something is better than the usual. However, the negative version, nothing out of the ordinary, usually indicates that something is not special or outstanding, as in It was an interesting lecture, but nothing out of the ordinary.

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There didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary when Jane Figueiredo spoke to her daughter that night on the phone.

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As is nothing out of the ordinary, my passport and boarding pass were not manually checked on the plane.

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"What we are seeing from Lamine Yamal is extraordinary and the impact it has had in world football is completely out of the ordinary and unexpected," says Balague.

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They also said fires were common, but what happened on Friday was "out of the ordinary".

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Kallen knows that her experience was out of the ordinary and that most people can easily spend that much in just a single year of cancer treatment.

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