Synonyms:
monotony, humdrum, sameness
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
"Worthy enough, but dreadfully humdrum," said Miss Katy.
Was this marriage--heights of happiness, depths of despair, with the humdrum of petty differences between?
This art of speaking in Parliament, which had appeared to him to be so grand, seemed already to be a humdrum, homely, dull affair.
The wool stood for the humdrum everyday life of man: the silk and gold marked the days of mirth and gladness, always, alas! too few in number.
"Farewell!" we cried to our dearests; little we cared for their tears. "Farewell!" we cried to the humdrum and the yoke of the hireling years; Just like a pack of school-boys, and the big crowd cheered us good-bye. Never were hearts so uplifted, never were hopes so high.
The proceeding, considering the nature of it,--that a young lady, acknowledged to be of great beauty and known to be of good birth, had on the occasion been asked and given in marriage,--was carried on after a somewhat humdrum fashion, and in a manner that must be called commonplace.