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She liked the movie, but I thought it was humdrum.
another humdrum day at the office
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Poised at the end of a humdrum interglacial, in an otherwise chilly corner of Earth history, industrial civilization is emitting carbon dioxide at a clip 10 times faster than the apocalyptic volcanoes of the end-Permian mass extinction.
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Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
On his deathbed, Harold suggests their seemingly humdrum cousin Arthur (Justin Timberlake) as the only other possible heir.
—Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
With his life on the poetry circuit a distant memory, Saxberger is suddenly propelled out of his humdrum life, when he is ‘rediscovered’ by a group of young admirers wallowing in nostalgia for the lost downtown New York of the late 1970s and early ’80s.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
And with that door firmly closed, Chris is back to his humdrum suburban life, hosting wild but depressing orgies and owning the world’s coolest bald eagle.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
On his deathbed, Harold suggests their seemingly humdrum cousin Arthur (Justin Timberlake) as the only other possible heir.
—Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
With his life on the poetry circuit a distant memory, Saxberger is suddenly propelled out of his humdrum life, when he is ‘rediscovered’ by a group of young admirers wallowing in nostalgia for the lost downtown New York of the late 1970s and early ’80s.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
And with that door firmly closed, Chris is back to his humdrum suburban life, hosting wild but depressing orgies and owning the world’s coolest bald eagle.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Humdrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humdrum. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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humdrum
adjective
hum·drum
ˈhəm-ˌdrəm 
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