2
: bored, indifferent
a ho-hum reaction
—used to express weariness, boredom, or disdain
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Adjective
Examples of ho-hum in a Sentence
Adjective
the characterizations are good, but the plot is just ho-hum
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Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Oct. 2024
Signal to your audience that this is not just another ho-hum Zoom meeting that doesn’t require their full attention.
—William Arruda, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2017
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Adjective
There’s politics and political art, which, like all art, can fall into categories of the good, the bad, the ho-hum, and the heinous. ...
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Oct. 2024
Signal to your audience that this is not just another ho-hum Zoom meeting that doesn’t require their full attention.
—William Arruda, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Interjection
Moreover, on a day-to-day basis, not just month-to-month, record lows are almost becoming, well, ho hum.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2017
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“Ho-hum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ho-hum. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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