adjective
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everyday, ordinary, or banal
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relating to the world or worldly matters
Related Words
See earthly.
Other Word Forms
- mundanely adverb
- mundaneness noun
- mundanity noun
Etymology
Origin of mundane
First recorded in 1425–75; from Latin mundānus, equivalent to mund(us) “world” + -ānus -ane; replacing late Middle English mondeyne, from Middle French mondain, from Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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Eventually, we learn to look past Jarmusch’s deceptively mundane surfaces to see the fraught, unresolved issues within these guarded families.
From Los Angeles Times
Slowing down looks mundane in practice: giving eggs and butter time to lose their chill before baking; letting meat rest instead of slicing into it triumphantly too soon.
From Salon
But what it is and where it comes from, they say, is disappointingly mundane.
From Los Angeles Times
To be clear, this was a sanctioned professional contest, not a scripted event - and the storyline it produced was mundane and predictably one-sided.
From BBC
“It’s the dull, dangerous, boring, mundane tasks that need to be done every day,” that robots will take over, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
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