6
set(adjective, dull, flat, silly, common)
6
standard(adjective, dull, simple, model, ordinary)
6
usual(adjective, dull, flat, common, stupid)
6
well-known(adjective, knowledge, notorious, recognized, identified)
6
workaday(adjective, simple, plain, common, ordinary)
6
worn-out(adjective, dull, set, hard, flat)
5
fusty(adjective, dull, hard, tired, old)
5
old-hat
5
proverbial(knowledge, notorious, recognized, identified)
5
quotidian
5
stereotypical(adjective, excite, informal, usual, trite)
5
tedious(adjective, dull, simple, flat, plain)
5
tiresome(adjective, flat, stupid, ordinary, dry)
5
trivial(adjective, simple, knowledge, ordinary, familiar)
5
unexceptional(adjective, simple, clean, plain, common)
5
uninteresting(adjective, flat, common, ordinary, dry)
5
worn out(verb, adjective, phrasal verb)
4
archaic(adjective, flat, stupid, ordinary, dry)
4
cliche(noun, dull, set, hard, flat)
4
colorless(adjective, mean, simple, flat, poor)
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