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English word

conventional

B2Frequent NGSL-3
UK /kənˈvenʃənl/US /kənˈvenʃənl/
adjective

tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general; normal and ordinary, and perhaps not very interesting

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I come from a conventional, middle-class Nigerian family.

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So I think it fair to say that, by any conventional measure, a mere seven years after my graduation day, I had failed on an epic scale.

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