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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 13743 COCA: 16805

monotonous

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monotonous /məˈnɑːtnəs/ adjective
monotonous
/məˈnɑːtnəs/
adjective
Learner's definition of MONOTONOUS
[more monotonous; most monotonous]
used to describe something that is boring because it is always the same单调的;毫无变化的

— monotonously

adverb
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 13743 COCA: 16805

monotonous

adjective

mo·​not·​o·​nous mə-ˈnä-tə-nəs How to pronounce monotonous (audio)
-ˈnät-nəs
1
: uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone : marked by a sameness of pitch and intensity
2
: tediously uniform or unvarying
monotonously adverb
monotonousness noun

Example Sentences

Altogether, millions of mostly obscure entries in the public record offer details of a forced labor system of monotonous enormity. Douglas A. Blackmon, Slavery By Another Name, 2008 At times, the grayness of the place was consumed by its own monotonous noise, of bars clanging, of inmates being led through the corridors, of guards yelling out orders … Benjamin Weiser, New York Times Magazine, 6 Aug. 2000 The monotonous chant of the indoctrinated, ideologically armored from head to foot … Philip Roth, American Pastoral, 1997 The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note. John Updike, The Witches of Eastwick, 1984 the lecturer's monotonous delivery threatened to put us to sleep
Recent Examples on the Web In between their existential crises about life, death, and everything in between, their monotonous tasks continue. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2022 Below us, though, there was only water and trees, a monotonous backdrop of dark blue and lighter green. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022 And writing about that week after week after week is monotonous and beating a dead horse. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022 Like so much of the familiar-sounding music of The Village People’s catalog, the show was monotonous. Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2022 Prisoners have been shunted into monotonous, backbreaking and often dangerous work, while injuries and lawsuits mounted. Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022 After visits from the governor and First Lady, towns recovering from a natural disaster face a grueling, monotonous, years-long effort of cleanup, recovery and rebuilding outside the spotlight. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 24 June 2022 The key difference is that a degree will enable Alonso to secure a higher-paying position and avoid the monotonous, backbreaking work of pruning vines, thinning shoots and picking grapes. Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 July 2022 In other words, to take on small, monotonous tasks below your pay grade in an effort to protect your team’s time. Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Greek monotonos, from mon- + tonos tone

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of monotonous was in 1776
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 13743 COCA: 16805

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