as in boredom
a tedious lack of variety
the monotony of the cafeteria's selections was as bad as the quality
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Recent Examples of monotony
That’s why workouts like Monday morning’s help to break up the monotony.
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Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
But that monotony is the status quo in Chicago.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
More than the monotony, local revenue leaving the community was once the serious rationale for opposing chain stores.
—Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
His practice can be intentionally repetitive, reflecting the monotony of cancer treatment, and inspires viewers to meditate with the movement.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
But that monotony is the status quo in Chicago.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
More than the monotony, local revenue leaving the community was once the serious rationale for opposing chain stores.
—Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
His practice can be intentionally repetitive, reflecting the monotony of cancer treatment, and inspires viewers to meditate with the movement.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for monotony
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monotony
Noun
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Italian nonne stirred pots full of sauce with a look of utter boredom and, here and there, Neapolitan ragazzi sat atop their motorini and gawped at the torture.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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In some cases, however, there’s more to a creeping sense of boredom than just stability.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Many, however, grapple with large issues but lift off soon into comedy or fantasy, often departing from a humdrum – to take the title of Patricia Kelly’s project – reality, whether the work of a court transcriber, middle-aged suburbs, a church in South Africa or a new train route project.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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An avid field recordist, Kamaru has spoken of running his documentations of his surroundings—buses and bustling markets in Nairobi, sirens and birdsong in Berlin—through various types of digital processing, stretching and mulching and interweaving them with synths until the humdrum becomes musical.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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While a warm, four-bar bassline chugs alongside dubby stabs and bouncy swells, BEA1991’s vocals switch from nonchalant monotone to falsetto in a way that sounds like an involuntary yelp of joy.—
Reid BG,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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LaToya Jackson answers my questions in a polite but perfunctory monotone.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Monotony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monotony. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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