as in boring
lacking in distinctive features or qualities
some food critics have dismissed that chef's version of French cuisine as beige and boring
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Recent Examples of beige
For Gomez's 2025 wedding, Swift sparkled in a tea-length, 1950s-style Oscar dress embellished with beige sequins and petite florals.
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Morgan Evans,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The pale beige brickwork that surrounds the home’s four fireplaces likewise invokes the dunes.
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Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
25 June 2026
The song comes with a striking visual where Teitelbaum finds herself in a beige hallway, desperately trying to keep an ice sculpture of a fawn from melting.
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Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
Meanwhile, Kelce wore a white shirt with a red collar, beige shorts, and black loafers.
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Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for beige
Morgan Evans,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The pale beige brickwork that surrounds the home’s four fireplaces likewise invokes the dunes.
—
Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
25 June 2026
The song comes with a striking visual where Teitelbaum finds herself in a beige hallway, desperately trying to keep an ice sculpture of a fawn from melting.
—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
Meanwhile, Kelce wore a white shirt with a red collar, beige shorts, and black loafers.
—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for beige
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beige
Adjective
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Far fewer people stay responsible when the work turns boring, unclear or inconvenient, and that's precisely when ownership surfaces.
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Monocultures can be boring, but on the flipside, a huge collection of individual species looks like a busy bowl of potpourri.
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The electric blue shade adds such a fun pop of color to a summer wardrobe, instantly brightening up basics like white jeans, denim shorts, or neutral trousers.
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And perhaps most importantly, hempcrete can be carbon neutral or even carbon negative, depending on its composition.
Adjective
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On a nondescript street in Hackensack, New Jersey, inside a low-slung, former industrial complex, there’s a place that will—literally—change your perspective on perfume.
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Despite the colorful appearance of the caterpillar, the adult moth is a nondescript brown.
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Shortly after the Big Bang, the universe was largely featureless and smooth.
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The pieces are abstract but appear to show featureless human figures sitting atop globular, cloud-like shapes that float in the air.
Adjective
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But all work and no play can make for a dull chief scientific officer.
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The great speculators became talkative and communicative or dull, sullen, silent, and peevish.
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“Beige.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beige. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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