Something that is monotonous is very boring because it has a regular, repeated pattern which never changes.
It's monotonous work, like most factory jobs.
The food may get a bit monotonous, but there'll be enough of it.
Synonyms: tedious, boring, dull, repetitive More Synonyms of monotonous
monotonouslyadverb
The rain dripped monotonously from the trees.
More Synonyms of monotonous
monotonous in British English
(məˈnɒtənəs)
adjective
1.
dull and tedious, esp because of repetition
2.
unvarying in pitch or cadence
Derived forms
monotonously (moˈnotonously)
adverb
monotonousness (moˈnotonousness)
noun
monotonous in American English
(məˈnɑtənəs)
adjective
1.
going on in the same tone without variation
2.
having little or no variation or variety
3.
tiresome because unvarying
Derived forms
monotonously (moˈnotonously)
adverb
monotonousness (moˈnotonousness)
noun
Word origin
LL monotonus < Gr monotonos: mono- & tone
Examples of 'monotonous' in a sentence
monotonous
It is boring and monotonous.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet press stories about data breaches keep appearing with monotonous regularity because too many businesses both largeand small still take a half-hearted approach to data protection.
Computing (2010)
The monotonous work involves stitching clothes alongside hundreds of other women.
The Sun (2016)
Passes went astray with a monotonous regularity while players often ran down blind alleys.
The Sun (2012)
But the monologue form in itself becomes monotonous.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And the monotonous speaker soon becomes a bore.
Lumsden, Robert 23 Steps to Successful Achievement (1972)
You could try blaming your teachers' inability to impart knowledge on their boring and monotonous voices.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
That would only produce a dull, monotonous sound.
Christianity Today (2000)
We hear many tales of goalscorers being in a rich vein where they hit the back of the net with almost monotonous regularity.
Tibballs, Geoff Great Sporting Failures (1993)
Single people can cook in bulk then heat up portions from the fridge, but that gets monotonous.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Sorry if it gets monotonous.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was very monotonous work.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
Life was dull, monotonous, and sodden with cynicism.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It's a dull, monotonous life.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The major disadvantage of programmed instruction for most pupils lies in the absence of interpersonal relationships, so that many pupils find this technique monotonous and boring.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
He was surprised how badly dressed the British were, and he was surprised at how boring and monotonous the food was.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
monotonous
British English: monotonous /məˈnɒtənəs/ ADJECTIVE
Something that is monotonous is very boring because it has a regular repeated pattern which never changes.