as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
she leads a humdrum life that will never be made into a major motion picture a humdrum meal
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as in monotony
a tedious lack of variety
loathed the humdrum of daily life in a small town
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Recent Examples of humdrum
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2024
Hacks shocked runaway favorite The Bear for best comedy at the 2024 Emmys Sunday night, injecting a jolt of drama into a humdrum race at the last possible moment.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Gloria and Ruby arrive soon enough, dragging husbands and humdrum lives from elsewhere in Britain, but Joan is the real phantom — no one in the family has seen her for twenty years.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
This holiday season, Toni and Bri decide to shake up their humdrum world by creating new identities to crash the amazing Christmas parties from the shop's confidential invitations.
—EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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But the almost bland textures of this section feel relevant to the whole project, as Erice sets up a stark contrast between the magic world of cinematic make-believe and the humdrum nature of base reality.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2024
Hacks shocked runaway favorite The Bear for best comedy at the 2024 Emmys Sunday night, injecting a jolt of drama into a humdrum race at the last possible moment.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Gloria and Ruby arrive soon enough, dragging husbands and humdrum lives from elsewhere in Britain, but Joan is the real phantom — no one in the family has seen her for twenty years.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
This holiday season, Toni and Bri decide to shake up their humdrum world by creating new identities to crash the amazing Christmas parties from the shop's confidential invitations.
—EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humdrum
Adjective
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The entire family is outraged, but Peter insists that the film is slow, boring and essentially, overrated.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Brittany Mahomes is giving boring game-day outfits the boot!—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Nurture your creative instincts and set aside time for experimentation and innovation on your favorite passion, rather than endure the monotony of the same old thing.—
Martin Zwilling,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
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Switching up the incline between 0 and 1 percent every half-mile, or throwing in a few quick one-minute faster surges every once in a while can help break up the monotony without amping up the intensity too much.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In addition to her tiring routine of delivering disappointment, Hadoula also has to contend with her own troubles in the form of a vision of her deceased mother (Maria Protoppapa).—
Ryan Swen,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2025
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Image Piloting a firefighting aircraft is sweaty, tiring work, Mr. Mattiacci said.—
Yan Zhuang,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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When deprived of exercise, a varied environment, and the social opportunities that the wild provides, elephants suffer from chronic frustration, boredom, and stress, resulting over time in physical disabilities, psychological disorders, and, often, brain damage.—
TJ Hutchinson,
The Denver Post,
28 Jan. 2025
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Despite being one of the most popular smartphone makers in the world, much of the internet responded to the Samsung Galaxy S25 range with feelings somewhere between boredom and unhappiness.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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On the thirteenth-century tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is shown wide awake and reading, while her dull and kingly husband sleeps for all eternity.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Dune: Part Two, another fantasy of third-world power struggle, is dull but dedicated to globalism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The brilliant color of prewar life has faded into a monotone cement gray that dominates the territory.—
Abdel Kareem Hana and Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The brilliant color of pre-war life has faded into a monotone cement gray that dominates the territory.—
Abdel Kareem Hana,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Now that era is over, the pendulum is starting a slow swing back toward maximalism.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2025
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The fires have highlighted the slow disaster of the region’s aridification — and the challenges even the most committed environmentalist politicians face amid climate change.—
Sammy Feldblum,
The Dial,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Firefighters are still battling two monstrous wildfires that have burned for over a week as weary residents across Los Angeles County stayed alert for another round of Santa Ana winds on Wednesday.—
Sam Morgen,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Many were weary and broken, defiant and scared, calling relatives, listening for news of when the fires would be contained, trying to decide whether to rebuild or strike out for someplace new, a land not so tormented by overdevelopment and the dangerous designs of nature.—
Jeffrey Fleishman,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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