Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or typical of this world; secular.
- adjective Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to this world; worldly; terrestrial; earthly: as, this mundane sphere; mundane existence.
- In astrology, relating to the horizon, and not to the ecliptic.
- noun A dweller in this world.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the world; worldly, as contrasted with
heavenly ; earthly; terrestrial. - adjective Commonplace; ordinary; banal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
worldly ,earthly ,profane ,vulgar as opposed toheavenly - adjective Pertaining to the
Universe ,cosmos orphysical reality, as opposed to thespiritual world. - adjective
ordinary ; not new - adjective
tedious ; repetitive and boring - noun slang, derogatory, in various subcultures A person considered to be "normal", not part of the
elite group.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective concerned with the world or worldly matters
- adjective belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly
- adjective found in the ordinary course of events
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"I'd revert back to thinking about guys getting blown up, getting shot at," he says, instead of focusing on what he called his "mundane and menial" schoolwork.
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"I'd revert back to thinking about guys getting blown up, getting shot at," he says, instead of focusing on what he called his "mundane and menial" schoolwork.
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What if the mundane is the socio-cultural equivalent of the primordial soup?
Archive 2004-09-01 2004
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What if the mundane is the socio-cultural equivalent of the primordial soup?
One lady's trash. 2004
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All because s/he knows where they're going, recognizes that "mundane" is the fate of a business filled with "normal," and has the cojones to flaunt the HR/MBA guidelines because of her/his burning desire to achieve greatness.
house rules 2009
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All because s/he knows where they're going, recognizes that "mundane" is the fate of a business filled with "normal," and has the cojones to flaunt the HR/MBA guidelines because of her/his burning desire to achieve greatness.
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All because s/he knows where they're going, recognizes that "mundane" is the fate of a business filled with "normal," and has the cojones to flaunt the HR/MBA guidelines because of her/his burning desire to achieve greatness.
Management 2010
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All because s/he knows where they're going, recognizes that "mundane" is the fate of a business filled with "normal," and has the cojones to flaunt the HR/MBA guidelines because of her/his burning desire to achieve greatness.
house rules 2009
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(disequilibrium), or spontaneous order, but what I call mundane economics -- price theory, capital theory, monetary theory, business-cycle theory, and the theory of interventionism.
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After a big block of text, here is my real topic: what kind of powers could be used effectively in mundane situations?
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Faraway Soul’s Review Forum 2009
gcastro commented on the word mundane
church people use it a lot
October 1, 2010