Definitions for monotonous
məˈnɒt n əsmo·not·o·nous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. humdrum, monotonousadjective

   tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

   "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"

2. flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonousadjective

   sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

   "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. monotonousadjective

   having an unvarying tone or pitch

2. monotonousadjective

   tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety

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1. monotonous

   Monotonous generally refers to something that is dull, tedious, or repetitious, lacking in variety and interest. In mathematics, a sequence or function is monotonous if it consistently increases or decreases and does not change direction.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Monotonousadjective

   uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome

2. Etymology: [Gr. ; mo`nos alone, single + tone. See Tone.]

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1. Monotonous

   'Monotonous' is a popular song written by June Carroll and Arthur Siegel for Leonard Sillman's Broadway revue New Faces of 1952. The song was written based on the experiences of its singer Eartha Kitt. It was performed, on the insistence of Kitt on three chaise longues, crawling cat-like from one to the other, demonstrating her flexibility and her dance training from the Katherine Dunham Company. The song also includes references to many well-known people of the 1950s. People referenced in the song include: ⁕Montgomery Clift ⁕Jacques Fath. ⁕Johnnie Ray ⁕Harry S. Truman ⁕T. S. Eliot ⁕Farouk of Egypt ⁕Sherman Billingsley ⁕Chiang Kai-Shek ⁕Gayelord Hauser ⁕Dwight David Eisenhower, referred to as "Ike"

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of monotonous in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of monotonous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of monotonous in a Sentence

1. Gillian Dalby:

   This keeps your mind busy, it doesn’t feel monotonous, and it’s an incredible way to build endurance and speed.

2. Jasper Johns (lithographer), Newsweek, Oct. 24, 1977 - page 42.:

   I liked New York when it was an up-and-down city for me, low streets and high buildings. But then, for me, it grew horizontal---monotonous.

3. Alex Kumar:

   There's no variation in the environment, it's dark, it's white, and it's bland. It's monotonous and people really underestimate that.

4. Jennifer Bosse:

   There is the underlying need to feel valued and validated within society (a society which still places a higher value on what you provide to the job force), socializing with other adults can be difficult, the days long, the routine monotonous and the job overall, relatively thankless.

5. Auguste Renoir:

   If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=monotonous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Monotonous
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monotonous
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=monotonous
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=monotonous