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Something austere is simple and plain in its style; an austere person is strict and severe with themselves.
When you claim that something is banal, you do not like it because you think it is ordinary, dull, commonplace, and boring.
If you describe a system or process as byzantine, it means that you are criticizing it because it is excessively complicated and difficult to understand.
Something convoluted, such as a difficult concept or procedure, is complex and takes many twists and turns.
Things that are disparate are clearly different from each other and belong to different groups or classes.
A diverse group is made up of various and different people or things.
An eclectic assortment of things or people comes from many varied sources; additionally, it usually includes the best of those sources.
Ecumenical activities and ideas encourage different religions or congregations to work and worship together in order to unite them in friendship.
Ennui is the feeling of being bored, tired, and dissatisfied with life.
Heterodox beliefs, ideas, or practices are different from accepted or official ones.
A heterogeneous grouping is made up of many differing or unlike parts.
The word homogeneous is used to describe a group that has members or parts which are similar or are all of the same type.
Something that is immutable is always the same and cannot be changed.
If you describe a situation or process as labyrinthine, you mean that it is very complicated, involved, and difficult to understand.
An organization or system that is a monolith is extremely large; additionally, it is unwilling or very slow to change or adopt something new.
A collection of things is motley if its parts are so different that they do not seem to belong in the same space; groups of widely variegated people can also be described as motley.
Something that is mottled is covered with spots or patches of different, random colors which are not in any particular pattern.
Something that is mundane is very ordinary and not interesting or exciting, especially because it happens very often.
If you have a myriad of things, you have so many and such a great variety of them that it’s hard or impossible to keep track of or count them all.
A panoply is a large and impressive collection of people or things.
Something prosaic is dull, boring, and ordinary.
Something or someone that is protean is adaptable, variable, or changeable in nature.
A smorgasbord is a wide variety of things, generally but not always pertaining to a sizable buffet.
If you are steadfast, you have a firm belief in your actions or opinions and refuse to give up or change them because you are certain that you are doing the right thing.
Sundry people or things are all different from each other and cannot form a single group; nevertheless, they can be thought of as being together for the sake of ease, such as the various items in a garage.
If you are suffering from tedium, you are bored.
Something that is unadorned is not made more attractive with ornament or decoration.
Something that is variegated has various tones or colors; it can also mean filled with variety.
A versatile person is skillful at doing many different things; likewise, a tool with this quality can perform numerous tasks.
Adj.
multifarious
muhl-tuh-FAIR-ee-uhs
Context
My multifarious or many and various health problems are keeping a whole collection of doctors busy. I am hooked up to multifarious, mixed machines that monitor many vital signs, such as heartbeat, blood pressure, kidney function—and even how many breaths I take in a minute. Despite the multifarious or numerous and diverse treatments advised by this large medical team, my health remains poor.
Multi-ferryUs On our recent cruise to the multiple Caribbean islands we had to board a different type of ferry for each segment. They had to multi-ferryus on our multifarious vacation.
Examples
To aim for any achievement is thus to be flexible; accepting the possibility of multifarious forms of excellence but only one kind of perfection.
— Elaine Sihera, British Writer, Sociologist, and Speaker
[Author Zadie Smith] captures contemporary life through multifarious voices, exploring race and class, gender roles, generational differences, and politics.
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The Christian Science Monitor
The Kennedy Center’s China Festival, with its multifarious representation of government-sanctioned art from the world’s most populous nation, had its moments, but the local debut of the "all-female percussion ensemble" Red Poppy was not among them.
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The Washington Post
