Ordinary
Ordinary adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.
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
Both words in one sentence
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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.
Source: Paranoia Gambit - 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.
Source: Webcomic / Skin Deep -
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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Picked and Ordinary. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ordinary/picked
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Picked or Ordinary. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ordinary/picked.
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