as in boredom
a tedious lack of variety
the monotony of the cafeteria's selections was as bad as the quality
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Recent Examples of monotony
According to Wröbel, this shift is a direct response to the growing monotony of online shopping.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
How it is celebrated Groundhog Day is a playful civic tradition in Pennsylvania that helps break up the long winter monotony.
—Doris Alvarez Cea, Florida Times-Union, 2 Feb. 2026
For long stretches, she was denied access to books and bridled against the monotony and regulation of institutional life.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Live tennis and live golf offer details that can’t be captured on television, but there are rules of decorum and big potential for monotony.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
How it is celebrated Groundhog Day is a playful civic tradition in Pennsylvania that helps break up the long winter monotony.
—Doris Alvarez Cea, Florida Times-Union, 2 Feb. 2026
For long stretches, she was denied access to books and bridled against the monotony and regulation of institutional life.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Live tennis and live golf offer details that can’t be captured on television, but there are rules of decorum and big potential for monotony.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monotony
Noun
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This lick mat is designed to help reduce your pup's anxiety and boredom in the crate.—
Jessica Moore,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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The boredom of Cheerios, pasta, peanut butter, and Goldfish.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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An avid field recordist, Kamaru has spoken of running his documentations of his surroundings—buses and bustling markets in Nairobi, sirens and birdsong in Berlin—through various types of digital processing, stretching and mulching and interweaving them with synths until the humdrum becomes musical.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
21 Feb. 2026
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Some genuinely funny moments emerge from the collision of Hollywood humdrum and superhero absurdity, as if The Studio had been folded lightly into the MCU, a sensibility that reflects Guest’s comedy pedigree on Community and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Here is an echoey and relatively quiet limestone room full of people — Mondragon’s deep laconic monotone would attract attention in a second.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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In interviews, his sound bites fall somewhere between measured and monotone.—
Tom Kludt,
Vanity Fair,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Monotony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monotony. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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