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also blah-blah
1
as in rubbish
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
Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Great episodes exist within mediocre seasons — even bad seasons — just like great seasons pop up in blah shows.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024
But the evidence from other desire-disrupting drugs and experiments can help illuminate why certain people on GLP-1 drugs end up feeling a bit blah.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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Noun
For all their blah stretches from the past six weeks and all the questions around their pitching, the Orioles went into Thursday tied with the Yankees for the best record in the American League and a hair behind the Phillies for the best record in baseball.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Great episodes exist within mediocre seasons — even bad seasons — just like great seasons pop up in blah shows.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
Adjective
Casseroles don't have to be blah.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024
But the evidence from other desire-disrupting drugs and experiments can help illuminate why certain people on GLP-1 drugs end up feeling a bit blah.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blah
Noun
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And oftentimes, these cheap items end up as rubbish.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2025
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This never got past the drawing board stage, but the idea kept cropping up again and again with many variations on a circular shape and performance that spanned from interesting to rubbish.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But Below Deck Down Under has been stuck in a bad cycle all season, where a problem will emerge, escalate, and repeat itself to the point of boredom.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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Other times, procrastination stems from an emotional source—boredom, overwhelm, anxiety, dread, and so on.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Salon Clutch Structured yet theatrical, Le Salon is Jacquemus’s answer to the evening clutch—pared back, but never boring.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
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Even Jiro himself, originally thought the film would be boring, Gelb admitted.—
Kristin L. Wolfe,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
Noun
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In addition to preserving the milk, formaldehyde also reportedly had a slightly sweet flavor, which helped improve the taste of rot, Blum explains.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
1 May 2025
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After years of rot, a lone January window wasn’t going to infuse this United side with the tactical ethos needed to yield positive results.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The previous owner had been a German sculptor and painter who used the drab walls as a backdrop for his work.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
12 May 2025
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This was the weekend when Aston Villa closed in on the Champions League places, Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace shared as many red cards as goals, Arsenal slipped up again and Chelsea played out a drab 0-0 draw with Brentford.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Items seized included a garbage bag that contained a women’s purse, wallet, identification cards for Worser, various cards and a garbage bag that contained a mixture of male and female clothing that were saturated in a red blood-like substance, the warrant affidavit said.—
Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025
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Investigators found a baseball bat, a handsaw, blood, a garbage bag with clothing and another with Wormser’s purse, wallet, identification cards and other cards in the apartment, WVIT reported, citing the warrant.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Through technologies like virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, this platform gives users the ability to create dynamic, multi-sensory career portfolios that go beyond basic bullet points and monotonous bios.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The city’s turbulent 20th-century history is visible in the bullet holes on facades, the graffitied remains of the Berlin Wall and the monotonous residential blocks erected during the post-World War II reconstruction.—
Valeriya Safronova,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Without that pollination, almond trees produce only 200 pounds of nuts per acre.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Blah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blah. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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