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Boring or severely lacking in interest

Lacking in color, vividness or brightness

Having a dull, light-brown color

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

Deeply pessimistic

More typically used to describe women than men

Dark or poorly lit

(dated) A woman who engages in promiscuity for money

A light yellowish-brown color

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Adjective

Boring or severely lacking in interest

non-stimulating

run-of-the-mill

middle-of-the-road

dull as dishwater

undistinguished

nothing to write home about

no great shakes

common or garden

lacking variety

soul-destroying

dull as ditchwater

lacking excitement

lacking interest

lacking variation

undemonstrative

indistinguishable

unobjectionable

run of the mill

unexceptionable

without variety

straightforward

puts one to sleep

flat as pancake

run-of-the-mine

devoid of feeling

devoid of emotion

matter-of- fact

neither one thing nor the other

lacking vitality

two-dimensional

inconsequential

nothing special

of little consequence

of little importance

of no consequence

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no great concern

nothing to get excited about

lacking in vitality

straight-thinking

unsophisticated

fair-to-middling

with both feet on the ground

fair to middling

demoralizing^US

standardized^US

in the doldrums

conventionalized

demoralising^UK

blending into the background

behind the times

lacking personality

lacking charisma

unextraordinary

standardised^UK

of poor quality

middle of the road

run-of-the mill

par for the course

incomprehensible

anesthetized^US

nothing out of the ordinary

not amounting to much

readily available

widely available

anaesthetized^UK

desensitized^US

uncompassionate

along for the ride

desensitised^UK

lacking originality

pure and simple

uncommunicative

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“The game turned out to be a dispassionately drab affair, and the Neanderthals in the stands soon found other ways to amuse themselves.”

Adjective

Lacking in color, vividness or brightness

dark-colored^US

dark-coloured^UK

black and white

black-and-white

light-colored^US

light-coloured^UK

peaches-and-cream

pale-coloured^UK

pale-colored^US

pastel-coloured^UK

pastel-colored^US

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“They were divided neatly into standard classroom units and given a monastically austere appearance with drab walls.”

Adjective

Having a dull, light-brown color

“Several shades of drab have been used for military uniforms, including the above-mentioned light-brown color.”

Adjective

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

heart-wrenching

down in the dumps

in the doldrums

down in the mouth

poverty-stricken

phantasmagorical

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Adjective

Deeply pessimistic

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

unfavourable^UK

given to looking on the black side

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

in the doldrums

looking on the black side

heart-wrenching

full of hardship

poverty-stricken

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Adjective

More typically used to describe women than men

unsophisticated

disorganised^UK

disorganized^US

down-at-the-heel

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Adjective

Dark or poorly lit

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Noun

(dated) A woman who engages in promiscuity for money

woman of the street

lady of pleasure

woman of the streets

grande horizontale

woman on the game

woman of the night

member of the oldest profession

lady of the night

woman of ill repute

lady of the evening

male prostitute

promiscuous woman

woman of easy virtue

lady of easy virtue

person of easy virtue

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“Ineffable sarcasm underlined the word 'bride', suggesting that Mrs. Mudge must be a drab who had married for respectability.”

Noun

A light yellowish-brown color

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