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humdrum
/ ˈhʌmˌdrʌm /
adjective
- ordinary; dull
noun
- a monotonous routine, task, or person
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Derived Forms
- ˈhumˌdrumness, noun
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Other Words From
- humdrumness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of humdrum1
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Example Sentences
But for some teens ISIS seems to symbolize power and purpose, a great drama promising deliverance from the humdrum.
Most stars in the Milky Way have humdrum lives, tracing slow predictable orbits around the galactic center.
Three things stand out in this simultaneously remarkable and humdrum bit of film.
After all, who would want to watch a show about the humdrum life of a high school chemistry teacher with decent health insurance?
It requires months—years, even—of archival research and humdrum detective work.
One must employ one's self in some way, and we live such a humdrum life here that there is chance for very little variety.
In this humdrum place, that is so cool and quiet, and to me so congenial, there is but one interesting walk.
The winter became severe and stormy, confining us much to the house, and obliging us to lead very humdrum sort of lives.
The sameness, the humdrum tediousness of the everyday life drives them to the city.
Byrons life at Pisa, as afterwards at Genoa, was what most people would call a humdrum, dull existence.
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