Common
Common adjective - Used or done by a number of people as a group.
Usage example: used a common bathroom while at the campground
Esoteric
Esoteric adjective - Not known or meant to be known by the general populace.
Usage example: must have had some esoteric motive for leaving his art collection to a museum halfway around the globe
Both words in one sentence
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They have esoteric skills and abilities above the common unskilled laborers, and have access to expensive equipment.
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In the Turnabout Toothbrush era, referencing the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky is so common that the joke often ends up being about the fact that such an esoteric reference was made in the first place instead of the reference itself.
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Esoteric lyrics sung very, very quickly is a common trait of songs composed by (now retired) producer Tohma.
Source: Motor Mouth
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