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monotonous
adjective
Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
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məˈnɑtənəs
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adjective
Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
“A humdrum existence: all work and no play”
adjective
Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
“The owl's faint monotonous hooting”
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A humdrum existence: all work and no play
Nothing is so monotonous as the sea
The owl's faint monotonous hooting
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