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also blah-blah
1
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
gave me the usual blah that my manuscript did not meet their current publishing needs but thanks for considering them
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2
as in boredom
blahs plural
the state of being bored
I've just been stuck in the blahs lately
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as in boring
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Recent Examples of blah
Mac Engel
april 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
Turn a blah brunch into a party with our famous Party Potatoes.
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Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
Instead of layers upon layers of neutral greige tones that simply feel blah, embrace contrast, rich tones, surfaces with a patina, and items that tell a story.
4.
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Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Dec. 2025
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Noun
The American League West is a Buc-ees-sized truck stop of blah, and an 81-win team could win it.
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Mac Engel
april 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
Turn a blah brunch into a party with our famous Party Potatoes.
—
Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
But the dazzling tech was not enough to camouflage how blah the merchandise was.
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Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
Instead of layers upon layers of neutral greige tones that simply feel blah, embrace contrast, rich tones, surfaces with a patina, and items that tell a story.
4.
—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blah
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blah
Noun
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Not only is that nonsense, but Israel took this into account.
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Get outta here with that nonsense.
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Career pivots are often messy, beginning with boredom signaling that current work no longer fits.
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Sitting with boredom is a political act.
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Sometimes safe and boring can be a winning strategy.
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The cause can be something as simple as a lack of water or more complex, like fungal wilt diseases, tomato wilt viruses, walnut toxicity, or boring insects.
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Her lab has found even modest additions to the diet — a handful of nuts or an avocado — can enrich certain beneficial bacteria over the course of a few weeks.
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Including foods like avocado, olive oil, nuts, or seeds can make your meal more satisfying and may also stimulate digestion.
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Everything’s going to be white or everything’s going to be blue edge or everything is going to be drab.
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In certain soaring drone shots, the Gobi’s dry, greige sprawl looks like nothing so much as the surface of another planet, at least until it’s disrupted by snaking manmade infrastructure and drab light industry.
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Take Out the Trash Empty garbage bins and recycling from all rooms—not just the kitchen and bath—and don’t forget special receptacles like compost, diaper pails, and litter boxes.
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In her own yard, Mingrone has learned that cracked lids on garbage containers allow water to pool after a rain, setting up a major breeding ground.
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Across two experiments, participants completed deliberately monotonous tasks, including copying or reading telephone numbers, before taking a creative uses test.
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Her trick for making a scheme feel consistent but not monotonous?
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So where does the rubbish come from?
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With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets.
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“Blah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blah. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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