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ho-hum
adjective as in dull, boring, or routine; so-so
adjective as in insipid
adjective as in lackluster
adjective as in mild
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adjective as in monotonous
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adjective as in prosaic
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- actual
- blah
- boring
- clean
- colorless
- common
- commonplace
- dead
- diddly
- dry
- dull
- factual
- flat
- garden-variety
- hackneyed
- irksome
- lackluster
- lifeless
- literal
- lowly
- lusterless
- matter-of-fact
- monotonous
- nothing
- nowhere
- ordinary
- pabulum
- pedestrian
- platitudinous
- plebeian
- practicable
- practical
- prose
- prosy
- routine
- square
- stale
- tame
- tedious
- trite
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- uninspiring
- vanilla
- vapid
- yawn
- zero
adjective as in banal
adjective as in tedious
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adjective as in tiresome
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adjective as in unexciting
adjective as in unimaginative
adjective as in uninteresting
adjective as in bland
adjective as in boring
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adjective as in weariful
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- arid
- bomb
- bromidic
- characterless
- colorless
- commonplace
- drab
- drag
- drear
- dreary
- drudging
- dry
- dull
- flat
- humdrum
- insipid
- interminable
- irksome
- lifeless
- monotonous
- moth-eaten
- mundane
- nothing
- nowhere
- platitudinous
- plebeian
- prosaic
- repetitious
- routine
- spiritless
- stale
- stereotyped
- stodgy
- stuffy
- stupid
- tame
- tedious
- threadbare
- tiresome
- tiring
- trite
- unexciting
- uninteresting
- unvaried
- vapid
- wearisome
- weary
- well-worn
adjective as in dry
adjective as in dull
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adjective as in flat
noun as in ennui
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Example Sentences
There was Carol White, a ho-hum homemaker who finds herself besieged by multiple chemical sensitivity in Safe.
Lily Allen explained away the poor sales and ho-hum critical reception to Sheezus by…basically blaming other people.
The summer of music may have started with a ho-hum and largely stayed there.
The ho-hum ‘Super Fun Night,’ however, turns out to be a nightmare, says Kevin Fallon.
If it is, Obama will win, even if the economy is ho-hum, and the political scientists will have four years to figure out why.
The gentleman sat staring straight before him, and after a long time he stretched himself and said: "Ho—hum!"
Brand name of one of those mild little red Baby Goudas that make you say "Ho-hum."
Of course, it isn't really necessary to utter the 'hi-ho-hum!'
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On this page you'll find 864 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ho hum, such as: banal, bland, ho-hum, innocuous, trite, and vapid.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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