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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For the students, the evacuations at first carry an air of palpable panic, even a perverse frisson of adventure, though with frequent repetition, mortal danger gets blunted into exasperated boredom.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025 -
Blow Job, Sleep, Empire: with help from the Jonas Mekas propaganda wheel, these shifted the definition of beauty in the popular US lexicon: a filmed beauty, a gay beauty, a beauty of an intimate boredom.—
Carlos Valladares,
ARTnews.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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During the monotony of spring training, live batting practice sessions usually are structured like boxing matches.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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The weight of deadlines, disappointments, or just the monotony of life presses heavily on your shoulders.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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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 3 Mar. 2025.
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