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monotonous

[ muh-not-n-uhs ]

adjective

  1. lacking in variety; tediously unvarying:

    the monotonous flat scenery.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. characterizing a sound continuing on one note.
  3. having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range.


monotonous

/ əˈɒəə /

adjective

  1. dull and tedious, esp because of repetition
  2. unvarying in pitch or cadence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԴdzٴDzԴdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈԴdzٴDzԴdzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·Դdzo·Դdzܲ· adverb
  • ·Դdzo·Դdzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲm·Դdzo·Դdzܲ adjective
  • un·Դdzo·Դdzܲ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of monotonous1

From the Late Greek word DzóٴDzԴDz, dating back to 1770–80. See mono-, tone, -ous
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But how boring would this existence be if it were one monotonous walk toward the end?

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“But I do love California as a state with young kids. It’s the great outdoors. You don’t have to wrestle a coat on a 4-year-old every morning. The gray of London is pretty monotonous.”

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“How do you rebuild a community like that? It’s not going to be done by people who want to build a homogeneous, monotonous world,” he said.

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It’s a time of year when the games become grueling, the practices monotonous and the hotel rooms all look the same.

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Aside from regular emergency drills that the family runs, they’ve all found enough monotonous contentment in their isolation to keep themselves from thinking of what life may be like above ground.

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