infraordinary.
Existing at a level below that which is considered ordinary.
Meaning & usage
Existing at a level below that which is considered ordinary.
Where this word comes from
From infra- + ordinary. Now mainly used as an allusion to the writings of French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist Georges Perec, who used the term l'infra-ordinaire in his 1973 essay "Approaches to What?" (Approches de quoi ?). First attested in 1827.
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