Dullsville
noun
Dulls·ville
ˈdəlz-ˌvil 
variants
or dullsville
plural Dullsvilles or dullsvilles
informal
: something or some place that is dull or boring
As anyone who's ever held a mind-numbing job can tell you, idleness can be downright soul-destroying. So what's a worker trapped in Dullsville to do?—
Wency Leung
Wency LeungAre [the cities] Snellville and Braselton a pair of dullsvilles? At least one website thinks so …—Curt Yeomans
Curt Yeomans… jumping rope offers a wealth of benefits. But for many of us, more than a few minutes of this repetitive activity is a one-way ticket to Dullsville. [=is extremely boring]—Shape
Shape
dullsville
adjective
or less commonly Dullsville
The party was dullsville.
a Dullsville job
Examples of Dullsville in a Sentence
that book is totally dullsville—you'll be asleep by page three
Recent Examples on the Web
Pure dullsville in Van Nuys.
—Boris Dralyuk, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2021
Speaking of winds, attempting to surf off Galveston in the summertime is dullsville.
—Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2020
Next, if things remain dullsville, Anton Blidh could draw into the lineup.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2020
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Boris Dralyuk, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2021
Speaking of winds, attempting to surf off Galveston in the summertime is dullsville.
—Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2020
Next, if things remain dullsville, Anton Blidh could draw into the lineup.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2020
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“Dullsville.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dullsville. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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