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1.
lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.
2.
characterizing a sound continuing on one note.
3.
having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range.
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Monotonous
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- Everyone has had the mindless slipup during a monotonous task.
- The only sound is a monotonous, liquid drone.
- And a speaking voice as monotonous as a shower on a windless day.
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Word Origin & History
monotonous
1778, of sound, from Gk. monotonos (see monotony). Transf. and figurative use, "lacking in variety, uninteresting," is from c.1800. Related: Monotonously.
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