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She liked the movie, but I thought it was humdrum.
another humdrum day at the office
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And finally, the humdrum mechanics of a cease-fire are no less crucial than the high politics of agreeing on the postwar order.
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Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2025
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Wellesley’s Cliff Estates neighborhood is so desirable, even the most humdrum Colonial would have new buyers lining up.
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So, try as Affleck might to paint his split from Lopez as humdrum and run-of-the-mill, I am now riveted by the mystery of it.
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Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2025
Can the Emmys finally break its humdrum host streak?
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
Wellesley’s Cliff Estates neighborhood is so desirable, even the most humdrum Colonial would have new buyers lining up.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
So, try as Affleck might to paint his split from Lopez as humdrum and run-of-the-mill, I am now riveted by the mystery of it.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for humdrum
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“Humdrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humdrum. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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humdrum
adjective
hum·drum
ˈhəm-ˌdrəm 
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