ho-hum

ho-hum

H0235300 (hō′hŭm′)adj. Informal Boring and dull; routine: "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture the attention of the conventioneers" (Chicago Tribune).

ho-hum

(ˈhəʊˌhʌm) adjinformal lacking interest or inspiration; dull; mediocre: a ho-hum album.

ho-hum

(ˈhoʊˈhʌm, -ˌhʌm)

interj. 1. (an exclamation expressing boredom, weariness, or contempt.) adj. 2. dull; routine. [1920–25]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

ho-hum - so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"boring, deadening, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, dull, slowuninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip"