as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town
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as in prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
in its time, this waterfront dive was decried as a den of iniquity, unfit even for the drunks and drabs who haunted it
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Recent Examples of drab
Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
On Saturday, it was loosely attended under a drab D.C. drizzle.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
With each live set and song released, drips and drabs of many sonic inspirations reveal themselves to the world's ears.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Although Ariel is followed around at all times and experiences several creepy encounters with Alfred, any traces of creeping dread are snuffed out by the monotony of the film’s drab visuals.
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And if they're not returned – all of them, not in drips and drabs, not two and one and three and four and two – by Saturday at 12 o'clock.
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Harris, the narrator’s husband: Paul Mescal or Nick Kroll Can Ireland's sexiest chain-wearer reinvent himself as a boring straight guy who's not entirely fulfilling his wife?—
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From awful ads to a divisive halftime show to a boring game, 10 things to forget.—
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At some point, Perkins reportedly introduced Millard to a Black prostitute but Millard wanted a White one instead, the news report said, citing warrants.—
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Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, named after Shields’s controversial first film about a young girl who was a child prostitute, features interviews from her childhood friend and actress Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore and how to contrasted with Shields’s experience in the spotlight.—
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For a company known for its ingenuity, Disney seemed to phone it in this year by spending their precious millions on a dull ad that imagines a universe without their iconic IP.—
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The female is dull yellow-green without any markings.—
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Really nice hookers like Lucia get life-altering windfalls.—
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Sure, they’re meant to be funny, but Tomlin inhabits each of them — from Trudy the homeless woman to Brandy and Tina, hookers tired of being interviewed by intellectuals — with affection and empathy alike.—
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The first few years of being a parent can be among the most tiring as moms and dads try and often fail to get infants into a regular routine of unbroken sleep at night.—
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No matter the outcome of the AFC Championship Game between the Chiefs and Bills, the winners are anyone who was tiring of the Taylor Swift-Hailee Steinfeld (faux) drama.—
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Outside the dusty settlement of Bearii, amid an otherwise barren landscape, a green oasis has emerged.—
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The volunteer, Deb Manley, walked into the dusty basin and snapped a photo of the eye-catching plant, then shared it on iNaturalist — a social media platform for sharing pictures of flora and fauna.—
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The cut is also gaining ground on the Adult Contemporary chart, only at a much slower pace, which is not unusual for that list.—
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While there, we were met with a slower pace of life, more affordable off-season rates, and fewer crowds.—
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For my company, that means being both a refuge for weary DEI professionals and a launchpad for those ready to step into their next great act.—
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One weary buyer confided in Parrish, cried on his shoulder.—
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“Drab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drab. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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