humdrum
[adjective]
Synonyms: dull, banal, boring, dreary, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, tedious, tiresome, uneventful

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English Thesaurus: boring, not very interesting, dull, tedious, monotonous, ...

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hum‧drum /ˈhʌmdrʌm/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: hum]
boring and ordinary, and having no variety or interest Synonym : tedious
humdrum existence/job/life etc
the prisoners’ humdrum routine

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boring not interesting in any way:
a boring speech
He found school incredibly boring.
not very interesting [not before noun] very ordinary and therefore rather boring. People often use this phrase in everyday English, instead of saying directly that something is boring:
The story wasn’t very interesting.
dull especially written boring:
The conference was usually a dull affair.
Life was never dull.
tedious /ˈtiːdiəs/ very boring and continuing for a long time:
The process was tedious and slow.
Jake began the tedious task of sorting through his papers.
monotonous /məˈnɒtənəs $ məˈnɑː-/ boring and always the same:
The work was monotonous and unchallenging.
He was only half listening to the monotonous voice of the teacher.
mundane /mʌnˈdeɪn/ rather boring, because it is connected with things you do regularly as part of your daily life:
He busied himself with the mundane task of cleaning the house.
Most arguments are over mundane issues like spending or saving money.
humdrum /ˈhʌmdrʌm/ [usually before noun] boring because nothing new or interesting ever happens:
He wanted to escape his humdrum life.
a humdrum existence
dry a subject, piece of writing etc that is dry is boring because it is very serious and does not contain any humour:
The students complained that the lecture was dry and uninspiring.
a dry academic volume

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