Question

select the word that means ordinary.
some of the most important inventions were not designed to achieve extraordinary feats, but rather to help people with mundane tasks. josephine garis cochranes invention, for example, has spared people many hours of washing dishes. in 1886, cochrane applied for a patent for her electric dishwasher and later started a company to manufacture the labor - saving device.

Explanation:

The sentence contrasts "extraordinary feats" with "mundane tasks". Since "extraordinary" means exceptional, the opposite (ordinary) is implied by "mundane". The example of a dishwasher (for daily dishwashing) confirms "mundane" refers to ordinary tasks.

Answer:

mundane