adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Paul grew tired of his drab , depressing life.
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When I came to Manchester from Brazil everything seemed so drab and colourless.
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You enter the drab office building half-expecting it to be abandoned.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Augusta was not at her best yesterday on a drab , grey day.
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Canvassing one day in a by-election in Essex, Martin was asked to cover a street of drab brick semis.
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I liked the town, for all its drab and muted calm; it seemed a safe place to be.
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She seemed to like her drab vista.
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Their clothes hung loosely on their frames, drab coats and washed-out dresses covered with a film of dust.
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Unfortunately, much of the drab utilitarianism of urban existence has come to be associated with the design philosophy of functionalism.
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We figured it was a bonus for having to put up with that drab Sunday issue.