monotonous

[muh-not-n-uhs]

adjective

1. lacking in variety; tediously unvarying.

   the monotonous flat scenery.

   Synonyms: dull, boring, humdrum, tedious

2. characterizing a sound continuing on one note.

3. having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range.

monotonous

/ məˈnɒtənəs /

adjective

1. dull and tedious, esp because of repetition

2. unvarying in pitch or cadence

Other Word Forms

• monotonously adverb
• monotonousness noun
• unmonotonous adjective
• unmonotonously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of monotonous¹

From the Late Greek word monótonos, dating back to 1770–80. See mono-, tone, -ous

Example Sentences

At first, ceramics was just an escape from the monotonous copywriting work Stringer dreaded.

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It can get a little bit monotonous and a little bit tedious.

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That’s enough to cycle in three or four dinners over the course of a quarter — plenty to be useful, but not so much that it becomes monotonous.

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To outsiders, and even to his family back home, Pan's life might seem unbearably monotonous.

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A monotonous drumbeat of racist rhetoric becomes the law of the land as the protections of citizenship are stripped from outgroups and dissidents alike.

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Related Words

• boring 
• dreary 
• dull 
• ho-hum 
• humdrum 
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• repetitious 
• repetitive 
• tedious 
• tiresome