as in boredom
a tedious lack of variety
detested the mind-numbing monotonousness of the task but knew that it had to be done
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Noun
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The sentiment is notably devoid of any sense of boredom or burnout from the 22-year-old who signed his first recording contract at 15.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025 -
Hegel even worried that the world would reach a state of global boredom.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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And despite the monotony of it all, there is some hope to be had, plenty of meaning to be found and, perhaps more importantly, a friendship to enjoy.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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But fanfiction, long a force in the corners of the internet that managed to escape the commercial monotony of tech consolidation, has broken its containment.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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By 1970s standards, his subject matter and aesthetic were equivalents of deadpan’s monotone.—
Emilia Mickevicius,
The Conversation,
22 Aug. 2025
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The interior is a bit more restrained, with black being the primary color, broken up only by yellow accents and a monotone racing flag motif.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
18 Aug. 2025
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This horror film from director Na Hong-jin is set in a quiet rural village in South Korea, where bumbling police officer Jong-goo (Kwak Do-won) goes about his everyday work in a humdrum manner.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Monotonousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monotonousness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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