monotonous
adjective
mo·not·o·nous
mə-ˈnä-tə-nəs 
-ˈnät-nəs
1
: uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone : marked by a sameness of pitch and intensity
2
: tediously uniform or unvarying
monotonously
adverb
monotonousness
noun
Examples of monotonous in a Sentence
Altogether, millions of mostly obscure entries in the public record offer details of a forced labor system of monotonous enormity.
—
Douglas A. Blackmon, Slavery By Another Name, 2008
At times, the grayness of the place was consumed by its own monotonous noise, of bars clanging, of inmates being led through the corridors, of guards yelling out orders …
—Benjamin Weiser, New York Times Magazine, 6 Aug. 2000
The monotonous chant of the indoctrinated, ideologically armored from head to foot …
—Philip Roth, American Pastoral, 1997
The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note.
—John Updike, The Witches of Eastwick, 1984
the lecturer's monotonous delivery threatened to put us to sleep
Douglas A. Blackmon, Slavery By Another Name, 2008
At times, the grayness of the place was consumed by its own monotonous noise, of bars clanging, of inmates being led through the corridors, of guards yelling out orders …
—Benjamin Weiser, New York Times Magazine, 6 Aug. 2000
The monotonous chant of the indoctrinated, ideologically armored from head to foot …
—Philip Roth, American Pastoral, 1997
The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note.
—John Updike, The Witches of Eastwick, 1984
the lecturer's monotonous delivery threatened to put us to sleep
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PC Magazine, 27 Oct. 2025
Life was exceedingly dull, monotonous, and uncertain for a long while, Curry wrote.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
They're usually stifled by monotonous or isolated work.
—William Vanderbloemen, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
His career as a digital modeler at Kia made his daily commute monotonous, prompting him to explore alternative aerial vehicles.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for monotonous
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“Monotonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monotonous. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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monotonous
adjective
mo·not·o·nous
mə-ˈnät-ᵊn-əs
-ˈnät-nəs
1
: uttered or sounded in one unchanging tone
2
: boring from being always the same
a monotonous task
monotonously
adverb
monotonousness
noun
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