as in boring
lacking in distinctive features or qualities
some food critics have dismissed that chef's version of French cuisine as beige and boring
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Recent Examples of beige
The Sydney frame upholstery comes in vintage velvet in four colorways that include two beige and two gray options.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025
Throughout the five-week trial, Daedone, often wrapped in a beige shawl, would turn back to look at her partner, Emmett Farley, a writer and meditation guide, who sat in the gallery with a strand of Buddhist mala beads in his hand.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Lai was dressed in a white shirt and beige blazer at Thursday’s court appearance.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Bipalium gwangneungensis is slightly smaller, with a maximum length of about an inch and a half, and a body that is uniformly beige.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025
Throughout the five-week trial, Daedone, often wrapped in a beige shawl, would turn back to look at her partner, Emmett Farley, a writer and meditation guide, who sat in the gallery with a strand of Buddhist mala beads in his hand.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Lai was dressed in a white shirt and beige blazer at Thursday’s court appearance.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Bipalium gwangneungensis is slightly smaller, with a maximum length of about an inch and a half, and a body that is uniformly beige.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beige
Adjective
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Historically, tracking demand for electricity was a boring task marked by little to no change.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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Uranus has already been demanding freedom in your day-to-day, pushing you to ditch boring structures.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Nearly 3,000 Amazon shoppers gave the candle trio a five-star rating for their adjustable brightness, realistic flickering features, and neutral colors.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Sep. 2025
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Cleaning solution—Use a mild, pH-neutral cleaner specifically designed for hardwood floors.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Two decades later, and with audience affection for The Office as enduring as ever, Daniels has once again built an all-new mockumentary-style workplace comedy around an nondescript office, this time in the form of The Paper — a new Peacock series about a Midwestern newsroom fighting for survival.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Today, there’s a cross painted high on the front of Partakers of Christ’s nondescript cinder-block facade.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In the far distance lies the Pacific Ocean, and beyond that, featureless protuberances labeled Japan, Russia and China.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
1 Sep. 2025
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The featureless face on the left, gilded from the crown of the head to the midline of the nose (perhaps a nod to classical drawing), shifts deeply into abstraction and human obscurity within the natural world.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Horror of this scale has the effect of deadening words, making stories of the most unimaginable violence land with a dull thud.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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The water wasn’t quite as hot as the Braun, and the coffee was just a hair duller in taste.—
Noah Kaufman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Beige.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beige. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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