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monotonous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humdrum |
nothing is so monotonous as the sea.
Examples of monotonous
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The two definitely provided a bright spot in the monotonous NBA Finals coverage.
From the orlandosentinel.com
At times, she said, the panorama is so monotonous that the mind can play tricks.
From the sacbee.com
Just because it's unrelenting in its somber mood, does not mean it's monotonous.
From the guardian.co.uk
The spectacle is a little less spectacular, the sappy Enya-ish score monotonous.
From the orlandosentinel.com
One-pot cooking doesn't have to mean a monotonous march of braised hunks of meat.
From the orlandosentinel.com
He wondered aloud if brushing dust from a heap of old bones might get monotonous.
From the ocregister.com
The soaring initially is exhilarating, but used repeatedly it becomes monotonous.
From the usatoday.com
But with only so many players in town, the routine has become a bit monotonous.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Running errands, doing chores and even watching TV can be monotonous, day to day.
From the forbes.com
- Humdrum: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
- Flat: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
- (monotonously) in a monotonous manner; "the history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful"
- (monotony) the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
- (monotony) constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
- 'Monotonous' is a popular song written by June Carroll and Arthur Siegel for Leonard Sillman's Broadway revue New Faces of 1952. The song was written based on the experiences of its singer Eartha Kitt. ...
- (monotony) tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety; the property of a monotonic function
- (Monotony) A lack of variety, sameness; sometimes applied to highly repetitive tasks that require little decision making and that might be done better by machines. Also applies to tasks that require prolonged monitoring of computer and other process control systems.
- (monotony) boredom; lacking in variety
