garden-variety

[ gahr-dn-vuh-rahy-i-tee ]
/ ˈgɑr dn vəˌraɪ ɪ ti /

adjective

common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.

Origin of garden-variety

First recorded in 1925–30

Idioms and Phrases with garden variety

garden variety

Ordinary, common, as in I don't want anything special in a VCR—the garden variety will do. This term alludes to a common plant as opposed to a specially bred hybrid. [Colloquial; 1920]