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: bored, indifferent
a ho-hum reaction
—used to express weariness, boredom, or disdain
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Adjective
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Adjective
the characterizations are good, but the plot is just ho-hum
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
While ho-hum in isolation, those plays together served as a representation of how the uniquely gifted Towns has elevated the Knicks’ high-powered offense.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2017
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Just a decade or two ago, chicken dinners often had a reputation as ho-hum and perhaps even a little bland.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
While ho-hum in isolation, those plays together served as a representation of how the uniquely gifted Towns has elevated the Knicks’ high-powered offense.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 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 5 Jan. 2025.
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