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She liked the movie, but I thought it washumdrum. anotherhumdrum day at the office
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Emma Specter,Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025Entire sequences are devoted to tasks ashumdrumas rebooting a ship’s computer (which involves untangling a lot of wires) and shepherding a little robotic sub to try retrieving Lemons, which resembles a very tense version of a fairground claw game.—David Sims,The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2025Christopher Walken Christopher Walken has a way of making even the mosthumdrumwords sound like pure comedy gold.—Shannon Carlin,TIME, 15 Feb. 2025Thehumdrum, the humor, and the humanity in the documentary’s two dozen or so consultations is palpable, enlivening.—Ritesh Mehta,IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025See All Example Sentences forhumdrum
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Emma Specter,Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025Entire sequences are devoted to tasks ashumdrumas rebooting a ship’s computer (which involves untangling a lot of wires) and shepherding a little robotic sub to try retrieving Lemons, which resembles a very tense version of a fairground claw game.—David Sims,The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2025Christopher Walken Christopher Walken has a way of making even the mosthumdrumwords sound like pure comedy gold.—Shannon Carlin,TIME, 15 Feb. 2025Thehumdrum, the humor, and the humanity in the documentary’s two dozen or so consultations is palpable, enlivening.—Ritesh Mehta,IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025See All Example Sentences forhumdrumWord History
Etymology
reduplication ofhum
First Known Use
1553, in the meaning definedabove
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“Humdrum.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humdrum. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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adjectivehum·drumˈhəm-ˌdrəm 
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