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The phrase "a commonplace complaint" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a complaint that is frequently heard or commonly expressed by many people.
Example: "The issue of long wait times at the doctor's office is a commonplace complaint among patients."
Alternatives: "a frequent grievance" or "a typical issue".
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Waking unrefreshed and feeling tired is a commonplace complaint during depression, and even too much sleep can leave depressed persons feeling tired.
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It is a tired complaint.
In a conversation recently, when I was making the commonplace complaints about religions, a friend remarked that without religions people might go mad from life's mysteries.
Yet, after Sunday's finale, there it was: The now-commonplace complaints that a finale didn't live up to expectations.
That is a commonplace.
It was a commonplace.
A Commonplace Book.
Handstands are a commonplace.
Today, she's a commonplace.
Great acting was hardly a commonplace.
Violation of artistic intent was a commonplace.
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