mundane thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmundaneandthing
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mundane
adjective
uk/mʌnˈdeɪn/us/mʌnˈdeɪn/
very ordinary and therefore ...
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thing
noun
uk/θɪŋ/us/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofmundaneandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The first is the common agricultural policy and the second is amundanethingcalled torpedoes.
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Because of this difficulty, ramified type systems sometimes include downward coercion rules to bring mundane things down to mundane type levels.
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He is not interested in such mundane things.
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We are talking about very mundane things, but these are the things which shape our civilisation.
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All these are unexotic mundane things but, nevertheless, commercially they are very exciting prospects.
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But aeroplanes are mundane things.
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We discussed many more mundane things.
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It is interesting to note that the time allotted for the mundane things is more than that for the life and death issues faced by my constituents.
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It means that there is practically nothing left in many authorities for care for the elderly, children in need, cleaning, or even for mundane things such as dustbins.
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Indeed, it is one of our servicing skills, and goes alongside mundane things like banking, insurance, public relations and so on.
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The time allotted to that subject was cut drastically and now we are to talk of more mundane things.
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While they were sketching her, the model kept talking casually about mundane things in her life much to their annoyance, and was generally being very distracting.
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Like the others, she's rather naive and stands out, often stopping to stare at seemingly normal and mundane things like traffic lights and vending machines.
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