Ordinary and Picked

Ordinary

Ordinary adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

Picked is an antonym for ordinary.

Picked

Picked adjective - Singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking.
Usage example: a picked group of people for the project

Ordinary is an antonym for picked.

Nearby Words: pick, picky, picker, picking

Both words in one sentence

  • Paranoia Gambit He panics, goes to the emergency room, and has his stomach pumped, only to find that they were perfectly ordinary mushrooms, and she has never picked them at all.
  • Ordinary High-School Student: Well, Ordinary College Student for Michelle, until she picked up a random trinket dropped by a stranger which was actually the shade of her dead father.
  • Handy Cuffs He picked the handcuff lock with an ordinary straight nail and then later used the handcuffs as brass knuckles against police.
    Source: Handy Cuffs
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