Humdrum: meaning in English

adjective

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

Usage examples:

Songs with banal, repeated words

adjective

Too often used in the past and therefore not interesting

Usage examples:

He just sat there making banal remarks all evening.

adjective

Not interesting; tedious.

Usage examples:

I've got a boring job in an office

verb

Make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging.

Usage examples:

Bore a hole in the wall to pass the cable through

verb

Cause (someone) to feel weary and uninterested by dull talk or behaviour.

Usage examples:

She is too polite to bore us with anecdotes

adjective

Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.

Usage examples:

The dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep

adjective

Unattractive and having nothing of any interest, and therefore likely to make you sad

Usage examples:

It was a gray, dreary day, with periods of rain.

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Not interesting; boring

Usage examples:

The chess match was a ho-hum affair, ending in a draw.

adjective

Dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest.

Usage examples:

The statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity

adjective

Boring because of never changing

Usage examples:

She stood all day ironing a monotonous succession of clothes and sheets.

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement; dull.

Usage examples:

His mundane, humdrum existence

adjective

Ordinary and not interesting in any way

Usage examples:

The show was just another mundane family sitcom.

adjective

Having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality.

Usage examples:

Prosaic language can't convey the experience

adjective

Another term for repetitive.

Usage examples:

Many hours of repetitious labour

adjective

Filled with unnecessary and boring things expressed or happening in the same way many times

Usage examples:

The movie got a little repetitious after the third car chase.

adjective

Containing or characterized by repetition, especially when unnecessary or tiresome.

Usage examples:

A repetitive task

adjective

Expressed or happening in the same way many times

Usage examples:

A repetitive task, a series of repetitive motions, [ u ] it takes time, patience, and repetition to…

noun

A sequence of actions regularly followed.

Usage examples:

I settled down into a routine of work and sleep

adjective

Performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason.

Usage examples:

The ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill

verb

Organize according to a routine.

Usage examples:

All had been routined with smoothness

adjective

Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.

Usage examples:

A tedious journey

adjective

Causing one to feel bored or annoyed.

Usage examples:

Weeding is a tiresome but essential job

adjective

Tiring, annoying, or boring

Usage examples:

It’s getting a little tiresome, listening to you complain.

adjective

Not marked by interesting or exciting events.

Usage examples:

A place where dull people lead uneventful lives

adjective

Not exciting; dull.

Usage examples:

Many school prospectuses are dull and unexciting

adjective

Not exciting

Usage examples:

He found life in the small town unexciting and wanted to travel the world., the museum has a pleasa…

adjective

Not arousing curiosity or interest.

Usage examples:

The scenery is dull and uninteresting

adjective

Not interesting

adjective

Not particularly interesting or surprising.

Usage examples:

His early childhood was unremarkable

adjective

Ordinary and not interesting

Usage examples:

An unremarkable town

adjective

Not involving change.

Usage examples:

A plain, unvaried diet

adjective

Always containing, using, or doing the same things or type of thing

Usage examples:

Her singing is sweet enough but rather unvaried in its tone., the factory's canteen offers an unhea…

adjective

Not changing; constant or uniform.

Usage examples:

The unvarying routine of parsonage life

adjective

Never changing in amount or level

Usage examples:

I would like to thank you for your unvarying kindness to me., the engine runs at a constant, unvary…

adjective

Never changing in amount or level

Usage examples:

I would like to thank you for your unvarying kindness to me., the engine runs at a constant, unvary…

adjective

Causing one to feel tired or bored.

Usage examples:

They have schedules and inventories that tell them in wearisome detail what they should look for

adjective

Causing a person to be tired; boring

Usage examples:

A long project becomes wearisome and loses its excitement for me.