US /mʌnˈdeɪn/ UK /mʌnˈdeɪn/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    lacking interest or excitement; ordinary

    He longed to escape the mundane routine of his office job.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · lacking interest or... ordinarycommonplacebanalprosaichumdrumeveryday
Word family
Derived forms mundanelymundanitymundaneness

Etymology

From Old French mondain, from Late Latin mundānus ('of the world'), from Latin mundus ('world, universe').

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