humdrum

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[ US /ˈhəmˌdɹəm/ ]
[ UK /hˈʌmdɹəm/ ]

ADJECTIVE

not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
an unglamorous job greasing engines
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
a humdrum existence; all work and no play
nothing is so monotonous as the sea

NOUN

the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
he hated the sameness of the food the college served
he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners

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How To Use humdrum In A Sentence

But when you actually do so, you suddenly become aware of how many sights and sounds you just take for granted and ignore in the course of everyday humdrum life.
He sets all of this action in a kind of unnamed anywhere, a mildly bizarro world of wacky mini-mart customers, humdrum garden apartments and seething ennui.
Save for the occasional inspired moniker, they tend to be humdrum offerings.
For the unconscionable fellow, owing to this coheirship which he pretends to disesteem, has been made privy to experiences which must not only have been extraordinary to so plain and humdrum a person, but which have been, as I happen to know, of great importance to him, and which -- to put the thing at its highest -- have lifted him, dull dog as he is, into regions where the very dogs have wings. Lore of Proserpine
They get accustomed to humdrum research and will create more when the current assignment runs dry.
Whole artillery units had to be diverted to this humdrum task. Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445
And then, trust the Japanese to make an opera out of what could have been a humdrum reading session with a reader, a reading lamp, and a group of people waiting for the promise to be redeemed.
Their dinner party chit-chat concerned the humdrum topic of house prices.
What were you reading when I came to take you away from your usually boring, humdrum life for a time?
Second: Amid the vertigo-inducing swing of telecom and tech stocks at the cusp of this century, a certain "humdrum" investor, Berkshire Hathaway sage Warren Buffett maintained his plays in such bland sectors as insulation, carpeting and mobile homes via acquisitions like Johns Manville, Shaw Industries and Clayton Homes, respectively. Barrick Gold Alum Thompson Joins Rinker Group

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