monotonic
adjective
mono·ton·ic
ˌmä-nə-ˈtä-nik 
1
: characterized by the use of or uttered in a monotone
She recited the poem in a monotonic voice.
2
: having the property either of never increasing or of never decreasing as the values of the independent variable or the subscripts of the terms increase
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But amid the chants sung in Danish and the monotonic delivery of the in-game announcer, there were hints of English.
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Air Mail, 17 May 2025
Delivered in a monotonic, almost spooky deadpan, the track has the feeling of poetry or performance art.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2022
What is being mourned isn't exactly the paper, but the possibility of its existence in this city that prided itself for its witty discretions - now replaced by a monotonic, absolute drone.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 24 June 2021
Gupta embeds those monotonic relationships in sprawling databases called interpolated lookup tables.
—Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 6 July 2017
Two survey studies found that people believe there is a linear and nearly monotonic relationship between talent and performance: Participants expected that more talent improves performance and that this relationship never turns negative.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2014
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Air Mail, 17 May 2025
Delivered in a monotonic, almost spooky deadpan, the track has the feeling of poetry or performance art.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2022
What is being mourned isn't exactly the paper, but the possibility of its existence in this city that prided itself for its witty discretions - now replaced by a monotonic, absolute drone.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 24 June 2021
Gupta embeds those monotonic relationships in sprawling databases called interpolated lookup tables.
—Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 6 July 2017
Two survey studies found that people believe there is a linear and nearly monotonic relationship between talent and performance: Participants expected that more talent improves performance and that this relationship never turns negative.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2014
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“Monotonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monotonic. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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