2
: bored, indifferent
a ho-hum reaction
—used to express weariness, boredom, or disdain
Synonyms
Adjective
Examples of ho-hum in a Sentence
Adjective
the characterizations are good, but the plot is just ho-hum
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Alicia Wallace, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
Its narrative proves less insightful, however: too wary to crack into its protagonist’s troubled psyche, softening the film’s worthwhile political anxieties into sympathetic messaging that seems ho-hum and predetermined.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2017
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Adjective
However, the weekly claims numbers have been fairly ho-hum.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
Its narrative proves less insightful, however: too wary to crack into its protagonist’s troubled psyche, softening the film’s worthwhile political anxieties into sympathetic messaging that seems ho-hum and predetermined.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Aug. 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 14 Sep. 2024.
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