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1. (adj.) humdrum
lacking variety; boring; dull.
2. (n.) humdrum
humdrum character or routine; monotony.
Etymology: (1545–55; earlier humtrum, rhyming compound based on hum)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) monotony, humdrum, sameness
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
"he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
2. (adj) commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
"an unglamorous job greasing engines"
3. (adj) humdrum, monotonous
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
"a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
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1. (adj) humdrum
monotonous; dull; commonplace
2. (noun) humdrum
a dull fellow; a bore
3. (noun) humdrum
monotonous and tedious routine
4. (noun) humdrum
a low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse
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Sense: dull
a humdrum life.
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 Afrikaans: eentonig |
 Arabic: رتيب، مُمِل |
 Bulgarian: скучен |
 Brazilian: monótono |
 Czech: jednotvárný |
 German: eintönig |
 Danish: kedsommelig |
 Greek: μονότονος |
 Spanish: monótono |
 Estonian: üksluine |
 Farsi: يكنواخت |
 Finnish: tylsä |
 French: monotone |
 Hebrew: מְשַעֲמֵם |
 Hindi: नीरस |
 Croatian: dosadan, jednolican, mono |
 Hungarian: unalmas |
 Indonesian: membosankan |
 Icelandic: hversdagslegur, leiðinleg |
 Italian: monotono |
 Japanese: 退屈な |
 Korean: 단조로운 |
 Lithuanian: neįdomus, pilkas, banalus |
 Latvian: vienmuļš; garlaicīgs |
 Malay: membosankan |
 Dutch: huis, tuin en keuken |
 Norwegian: ensformig, monoton |
 Polish: monotonny |
 Persian: يكنواخت |
 Pashto: په یو خوځښت، یو نواخت |
 Portuguese: monótono |
 Romanian: monoton |
 Russian: однообразный |
 Slovak: jednotvárny |
 Slovenian: dolgočasen |
 Serbian: dosadan |
 Swedish: enformig |
 Thai: น่าเบื่อ |
 Turkish: sıkıcı, yavan, sıradan |
 Taiwanese: 一成不變的 |
 Ukrainian: нудний, одноманітний |
 Urdu: بے لطف |
 Vietnamese: nhàm chán |
 Chinese: 乏味的，单调的 |
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