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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Humdrum \Hum"drum`\, a.
   Monotonous; dull; commonplace. "A humdrum crone." --Bryant.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Humdrum \Hum"drum`\, n.
   1. A dull fellow; a bore. --B. Jonson.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Monotonous and tedious routine.
      [1913 Webster]

            Dissatisfied with humdrum.            --The Nation.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse. Humect

Thesaurus Results for Humdrum:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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