mundane

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Absurdist comedy, the kind that was Letterman’s, his “Late Night” successor Conan O’Brien’s and Colbert’s specialty, is the very soul of free speech because it pushes honesty and truth past mundane notions of propriety.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Celtic have not been a good team this season, but they've shown a lust for battle, an ability to keep playing and winning even when their performances have never risen above the mundane.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

My husband and I burst out laughing – not at that scene, or the clerk’s impromptu theatrics, but at this injection of delight into an otherwise mundane errand.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

Until this past fall, Festus council meetings often revolved around such mundane matters as approving liquor licenses or the Christmas parade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Many mundane mistakes in reasoning can be traced to a shaky grasp of the notion of conditional probability.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos