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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Soon enough, once a candidate has entered the race, boredom sets in and the speculation and desire for someone fresh and different starts anew.—
Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
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Here’s to boredom, to wrong turns, to fruitful friction.—
Noun
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Break up the monotony of winter with this shiny nail set.—
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As a result, much of the original's monotony was nullified, but what about the rest?—
Noun
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These have been replaced by an endless monotone of heavy-handed highs.—
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In the quiet hush of the neonatal intensive care unit at Shahjahanpur Medical College, the only constant sound was the monotone of the heart monitor, its low hum keeping watch over the baby sleeping inside the sterile incubator.—
Noun
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No, no, nothing as humdrum as all that.—
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Certainly the humdrum of legislation or bureaucratic rule-marking is nothing like the gossipy speculation about who may or may not bid to lead California as its 41st governor.—
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“Monotonousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monotonousness. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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