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
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.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Climbers add dimension and vertical movement to the garden, breaking up the monotony of fence lines.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
But the ones who stick with it and push through the monotony are the ones who become great.
—Wilson Luna, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Alex Bregman’s home run off the Pesky Pole, and Trevor Story reaching on an error by Fried briefly broke up the monotony in the fifth.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for monotony
Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Climbers add dimension and vertical movement to the garden, breaking up the monotony of fence lines.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
But the ones who stick with it and push through the monotony are the ones who become great.
—Wilson Luna, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Alex Bregman’s home run off the Pesky Pole, and Trevor Story reaching on an error by Fried briefly broke up the monotony in the fifth.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for monotony
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monotony
Noun
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Every child benefits from practicing waiting, joining conversation and managing boredom in everyday settings.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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So afternoon, for Gospodinov, is the time for boredom, memory, a kind of weightless solitude—and, now, the time for grief.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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No, no, nothing as humdrum as all that.—
Rachel Kurzius,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Certainly the humdrum of legislation or bureaucratic rule-marking is nothing like the gossipy speculation about who may or may not bid to lead California as its 41st governor.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These have been replaced by an endless monotone of heavy-handed highs.—
Jahan Marcu,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the quiet hush of the neonatal intensive care unit at Shahjahanpur Medical College, the only constant sound was the monotone of the heart monitor, its low hum keeping watch over the baby sleeping inside the sterile incubator.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Monotony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monotony. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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