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adjective

mundane

lacking interest or excitement; dull; of this earthly world

In a sentence

Six example sentences with mundane, each labelled with its topic.

  • The diary records mundane errands, yet those lists of bread and candles tell us more than any battle account.

    Literature

  • The photographer built a whole career on mundane subjects: laundromats at noon, empty bus shelters, one intersection across four seasons.

    Photography

  • Half the runtime is deliberately mundane, showing the crew eating and waiting, so the final ten minutes land hard.

    Movies

  • Plato treated mundane objects as shadows of perfect forms, so a wooden chair was only a copy of the real one.

    Philosophy

  • Most of the founder's week is mundane, with invoices, payroll, and a printer that jams every Tuesday.

    Business

  • The game makes mundane chores oddly satisfying, and players spend hours sorting a virtual pantry by color.

    Gaming

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