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Meaning of humdrum

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  humdrum
      adj 1: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an
             unglamorous job greasing engines" [syn: {commonplace},
             {humdrum}, {prosaic}, {unglamorous}, {unglamourous}]
      2: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum
         existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous
         as the sea" [syn: {humdrum}, {monotonous}]
      n 1: the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of
           variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of
           his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow
           prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college
           served" [syn: {monotony}, {humdrum}, {sameness}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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