ADJECTIVE
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so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a dull play
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket
his competent but dull performance
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is
a boring evening with uninteresting people
How To Use ho-hum In A Sentence
- The music is generally terrific but the scripting and acting are a bit ho-hum.
- Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer got a ho-hum reaction as he showed off a new Hewlett-Packard (HP) slate tablet, while executives from Dell gave a look at what they called a tablet-concept device that features a 5-inch screen. The Seattle Times
- In the Times, though, the news received a one-sentence "reefer" on its front page, directing readers to a ho-hum account on page A22. Unfit to Print?
- Given the resplendence of the previous episode two weeks ago, when Dean Pelton had a nervous breakdown over the college's late-night commercial, we were due a ho-hum episode that doesn't deliver much. Monica Potts: Community: Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism
- So that's the musical counterpart to the lyrical problem - turning lo-fi from a ho-hum excuse to a gritty asset.
- SAW 85-92 ends with the ho-hum "Actium," whose aimless thumping, gurgling, clicking, and clonking become monotonous well before it ends after nearly eight minutes. Epinions Recent Content for Home
- Now sheathed in cedar shakes and fronted by a large wraparound deck, the structure bears not a hint of its former ho-hum self.
- OSU platooned Dan Herron, Maurice Wells and Brandon Saine in the backfield, with ho-hum results. Gauging the opponent: Ohio State needs healthy Wells
- My general reaction to this news might be summed up as "ho-hum".
- Dressed crab was a savourless Californian edition in which the dill outpunched the crab meat, while "warm salad of good things" was an assembly of ho-hum ingredients which needed an excellent dressing to make it come alive.
