blandness

noun

Definition of blandnessnext
as in dullness

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  1. monotony
  2. weakness
  3. sameness
Noun
  • Farmworkers often carried transistor radios with them to ease the monotony of their work.
    Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Break the monotony of performing the same duties and responsibilities by bravely taking on new ones.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of monotony
Noun
  • Rethink your strengths and weaknesses and aim to enforce a healthier routine.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Finally, our adversaries, China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, respect strength and exploit weakness.
    Richard Stacy, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of weakness
Noun
  • There is a dreary sameness to so much of modern culture, rough edges smoothed into comfortable averages by the power of market research and algorithms.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The rooms are lit, often top-down, with a monotonous sameness that reminds of a musty nursing home where lamps operate on automatic timers.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of sameness
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