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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She’s never been interested in a career, because her nature is such that the boredom of a job would kill her.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025 -
Amid all the boredom and silliness that came with the league’s new All-Star format that (mostly) flopped, this was the most entertaining part of the entire program.—
Sam Amick,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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But as many have grown tired of the monotony of neutral grays, shades of green—sage, olive and deep forest—have steadily taken over.—
Alice Gibbs,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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In fact, fabric panels and curtain treatments became central to his design to break up the monotony of the cabin’s walls.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Likewise, that same positive message can get derailed if delivered in a flat monotone, which makes the speaker sound uninterested and causes the audience to question a leader’s authenticity.—
Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D.,
Forbes,
12 Dec. 2024
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The call isn’t like reading a sentence in monotone, though.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Monotonousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monotonousness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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