one-note
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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What irks me is how one-note the character writing is, and how the movie’s youthful, seemingly forward-thinking perspective allows Barker to get away with reducing Nikki to nothing.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
“If ‘Job’ isn’t funny at all, and there’s no circumstantial humor, then it’s one-note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The Brazilian has blown hot and cold in the WSL, but here added essential pace and urgency to a City attack which had grown one-note and low on ideas.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025
The entire affair is monotonously one-note and dour, with only a few pops of unintentional humor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
He bayed louder and louder and then kept it to a loud, one-note song.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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