Ho-hum (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The movie was so ho-hum that I fell asleep halfway through.
- The ho-hum plot of the novel made it hard to stay engaged.
- After a few weeks, the new job became a ho-hum routine with no excitement.
- The comedian's jokes were ho-hum and failed to impress the audience.
- The ho-hum presentation put the entire conference to sleep.