mundane
adjective/mʌnˈdeɪn/
/mʌnˈdeɪn/
(often disapproving)- not interesting or exciting synonym dull, ordinary
- a mundane task/job
- I lead a pretty mundane existence.
- On a more mundane level, can we talk about the timetable for next week?
Extra Examples- a rather mundane task
- He had no interest in such mundane details.
- She forced her mind onto more mundane things.
- To return to more mundane matters—lunch is at half past twelve.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- sound
- …
- extremely
- fairly
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Word Originlate Middle English (referring to something of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual world): from Old French mondain, from late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus ‘world’. The current sense dates from the late 19th cent.Definitions on the go
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