Word Group : Boring
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Word
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Meaning
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Sentence
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1
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Banal
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So lacking in originality as to
be obvious and boring
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Songs with banal, repeated words
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2
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Fatuous
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Silly and pointless
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A fatuous comment
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3
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Hackneyed
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(of a phrase or idea) having been
overused; unoriginal and trite
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Hackneyed old sayings
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4
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Insipid
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Lacking flavour; weak or tasteless
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Mugs of insipid coffee
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5
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Mundane
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1. Lacking
interest or excitement; dull
2. Of
this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one
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1. His
mundane, humdrum existence
2. According
to the Shinto doctrine, spirits of the dead can act upon the mundane world
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6
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Pedestrian
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1.
A person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle
2.
Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull
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1.
The road is so dangerous pedestrians avoid it
2.
Disenchantment with their pedestrian lives
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7
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Prosaic
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1. Having
or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking
imaginativeness or originality
2. Commonplace;
unromantic
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1. Prosaic
language can’t convey the experience
2. The
masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns
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8
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Quotidian
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1.
Of or occurring every day; daily
2.
Denoting the malignant form of malaria
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The car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic
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9
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Trite
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(of a remark or idea) lacking
originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse
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This point may now seem obvious
and trite
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