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Meanings of mundane in English

Occurring or returning in the ordinary course of events.

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Having no special characteristics or function.

Concerned with the world or worldly matters.

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Belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"

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Examples for "terrestrial"
Examples for "terrestrial"
1
Not so long in galactic terms; a quarter century in terrestrial years.
Star trek movie tie-in
2
It concerns what we mean by 'understanding' a system like terrestrial evolution.
What does a martian look like?
3
Several globes in the book come in pairs: one terrestrial, one celestial.
Wired
4
These data suggest a potential route for TTX bioaccumulation in terrestrial systems.
Pubmed
5
In contrast, terrestrial affairs were dominated by the emerging world economic crisis.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
Usage of mundane in English
1
It was mundane in its ideas and ends; everything was for utility.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
2
Methods for conveying clear intent include techniques seemingly as mundane as speech.
A Wiccan Bible
3
We have come to look at nuclear energy as limited and mundane.
The new yorker
4
No point in returning to such mundane things as work or worry.
The Irish Times
5
However, anyone with a quill and an inkhorn can forge mundane text.
Spellwright
6
The three-dimensional imagery was mundane: standard-issue trooper personal history and training records.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
7
As usual she was content to let him handle the mundane tasks.
Assail
8
In reality, most of what goes on inside them are mundane procedures.
Reuters
9
Her literary sensibility fuses the fantastic and the mundane to great effect.
The Guardian
10
She asked the same mundane questions, just as they all had done.
Ebony
11
Private Censorship: From the mundane to the frightening, the examples run rampant.
Wired
12
I recount this very mundane story to make a very mundane point.
The Guardian
13
However, the goal of the trip was bigger than such mundane matters.
The Irish Times
14
There is an ideal stake-the successful player-and a mundane stake-the actual wager.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
15
I wanted him to see how together I was, mundane things included.
Black Deutschland
16
They want to know all about us, even the most mundane details.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
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Mundane through the time
Mundane across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common