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suburban

adjective
 
 
/səˈbɜː.bən/ US  /-ˈbɝː-/

Definition

relating to a suburb: suburban schools/housing They live in suburban Washington.Areas in towns and cities disapproving used to suggest that something is boring and has no excitement: suburban lifeTedious and uninspiring
(Definition of suburban adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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