humdrum
adjective
[ ˈhʌmdrʌm ]
• lacking excitement or variety; boringly monotonous.
• "humdrum routine work"
Similar:
mundane,
dull,
dreary,
boring,
tedious,
monotonous,
banal,
ho-hum,
tiresome,
wearisome,
prosaic,
unexciting,
uninteresting,
uneventful,
unvarying,
unvaried,
unremarkable,
repetitive,
repetitious,
routine,
ordinary,
everyday,
day-to-day,
quotidian,
run-of-the-mill,
commonplace,
common,
workaday,
usual,
pedestrian,
customary,
regular,
normal,
garden variety,
typical,
vanilla,
plain vanilla,
common or garden,
banausic,
humdrum
noun
• monotonous routine.
• "an escape from the humdrum of his life"
Origin:
mid 16th century: probably a reduplication of hum1.
