Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Ordinary people or things are normal and not special or different in any way.
I strongly suspect that most ~ people would agree with me...
It has 25 calories less than ~ ice cream...
It was just an ~ weekend for us.
= normal
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
Something that is out of the ~ is unusual or different.
The boy’s knowledge was out of the ~...
I’ve noticed nothing out of the ~.
= unusual
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR