заурядный

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Russian

Etymology

Perhaps за- (za-) +‎ у- (u-) +‎ ряд (rjad) +‎ -ный (-nyj); compare рядово́й (rjadovój, average, ordinary).

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Adjective

зауря́дный (zaurjádnyj) (adverb зауря́дно, abstract noun зауря́дность)

  1. ordinary, run-of-the-mill, commonplace, mediocre
    Antonym: незауря́дный (nezaurjádnyj)
    зауря́дный челове́кzaurjádnyj čelovékordinary person; a mediocrity
    • 1880, Николай Лесков , “Глава пятая”, in Несмертельный Голован; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Deathless Golovan, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Большо́е ли́чное бе́дствие — плохо́й учи́тель милосе́рдия. По кра́йней ме́ре оно́ нехорошо́ де́йствует на люде́й обыкнове́нной, зауря́дной нра́вственности, не возвыша́ющейся за черту́ просто́го сострада́ния.
      Bolʹšóje líčnoje bédstvije — ploxój učítelʹ milosérdija. Po krájnej mére onó nexorošó déjstvujet na ljudéj obyknovénnoj, zaurjádnoj nrávstvennosti, ne vozvyšájuščejsja za čertú prostóvo sostradánija.
      A great personal calamity is a poor teacher of mercy. At least it has no good effect on people of ordinary, mediocre morality, which doesn’t rise above the level of mere compassion.

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