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   mo·not·o·nous

   /məˈnätənəs/

   adjective

   • 1. dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest: "the statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity" Similar tediousboringdulluninterestingunexcitingwearisometiresomerepetitiverepetitiousunvaryingunchangingunvariedlacking varietywithout varietyhumdrumho-humroutinemechanicalmind-numbingsoul-destroyingprosaicrun-of-the-milluneventfulunrelieveddrearyploddingcolorlessfeaturelessdry as dustuniformmonochromeinformal:deadlysameydullsvilleOpposite variedinterestingexciting
   • ▪ (of a sound or utterance) lacking in variation in tone or pitch: "soon we heard a low, monotonous wailing of many voices" Similar tonelessflatunvaryinguninflecteddroningsoporific

   Derivatives

   • 1. monotonously adverb
   • 2. monotonize verb
   • 3. monotonousness noun

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