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

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Balance is key, though, to preventing a room from looking one-note. Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 2 July 2025 The composer then devised a one-note signal sound that reaches out into space with the Golden Record Voyager. Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 27 June 2025 But while New York is a hub for media, entertainment, politics, and business, Washington D.C. is kind of a one-note town. Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 Monochrome doesn’t have to mean identical swatches—slight shifts in tone and an interplay of patterns, like gingham or small-scale florals, can create dimension and prevent the room from feeling one-note. Jacorey Moon, Architectural Digest, 21 June 2025 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 10 Jul. 2025.

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