mundane
mun-DAYNadjMeaning ordinary and everyday; dull
Memory hook MUN-DANE: a MONDAY chore. Every Monday it is the same: fold the laundry, take out the trash, wash the dishes. Plain, everyday chores like these are mundane.
Folding laundry is a mundane chore, so Lin listens to music while she does it.
In context The astronaut’s diary was surprisingly mundane: beside the views of Earth, she wrote mostly about brushing her teeth, changing air filters and what she ate for lunch.
Similar ordinary, everyday, routine, humdrum
Opposite extraordinary, exciting, remarkable
From Latin mundanus, “of the world,” from mundus, world: the plain, everyday world.