nothing to write home about

noth·ing to write home a·bout

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [nuhth-ing too rahyt hohm uh-bout]
- /ˈnʌθ ɪŋ tu raɪt hoʊm əˈbaʊt/
- /ˈnʌ.θɪŋ tuː ˈraɪt həʊm ə.ˈbaʊt/

Definitions of nothing to write home about words

phrase nothing to write home about If you say that something is nothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting. 0
noun nothing to write home about to be of no particular interest 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
garden variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.

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