monotonous

[muh-not-n-uhs] / məˈnɒt n əs /

ADJECTIVE

all the same, remaining the same

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boring dreary dull ho-hum humdrum plodding repetitious repetitive tedious tiresome

WEAK

banausic blah colorless droning dull as dishwater flat flat as pancake monotone nothing pedestrian prosaic puts one to sleep recurrent reiterated samely sing-song soporific toneless treadmill unchanged unchanging uniform uninflected uninteresting unrelieved unvaried unvarying wearisome wearying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright clear eventful exciting interesting light lively

WEAK

changing ever-changing variable versatile

Example Sentences

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The film is so committed to its rigors — the two-person cast, the glacial camera pivots, the moody lighting — that it teeters on the line of becoming monotonous.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

While the bot proved capable at monotonous tasks like sorting objects, the former engineers said they thought most factory jobs are better off being done by robots with shapes designed for the specific task.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

To outsiders, and even to his family back home, Pan's life might seem unbearably monotonous.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

In downtown Los Angeles, a property owner blasted the monotonous children’s song “Baby Shark” to deter camping last month.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

But he was so boring and monotonous that he was only teaching us how to sleep with our eyes open.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie

monotonous

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