: unvarying in tone or emphasis : monotonous
a one-note campaigner

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There’s a one-note quality to the film’s comedy that grows steadily, even deliberately, more abrasive over two hours, but the sad, brash, gradually shrinking bigness of the personalities at its center holds your attention. Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 June 2026 The flavors are balanced even though the pistachio profile is front and center, and the addition of coconut and pistachios both in the cake and sprinkled on top keep it from feeling one-note. Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2026 Mix the Genres Craig’s playlists are anything but one-note. Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 10 May 2026 The cheese ends up being pretty one-note, like hot honey with an aftertaste of goat’s milk. Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for one-note

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First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of one-note was in 1956

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“One-note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-note. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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