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 the ones who stick with it and push through the monotony are the ones who become great.
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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
Building a community of moms who also nurse can break up the monotony of your daily routine, give you a chance to have adult conversations, and provide a source of moral support.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
Breathtaking in their monotony.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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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
Building a community of moms who also nurse can break up the monotony of your daily routine, give you a chance to have adult conversations, and provide a source of moral support.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
Breathtaking in their monotony.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monotony
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
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Hegel even worried that the world would reach a state of global boredom.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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“Monotony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monotony. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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