MONOTONOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monotonous mean? 

• MONOTONOUS (adjective)
  The adjective MONOTONOUS has 2 senses:

1. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

2. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

  Familiarity information: MONOTONOUS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOTONOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

Synonyms:

humdrum; monotonous

Context example:

nothing is so monotonous as the sea

Similar:

dull (lacking in liveliness or animation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

Synonyms:

flat; monotone; monotonic; monotonous

Context example:

the owl's faint monotonous hooting

Similar:

unmodulated (characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume)

 Context examples 

"It would spoil my style," was his answer, in a low, monotonous voice.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Oh, my night could not be called monotonous,” said he, and laughed.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a monotonous life, operating with machine-like regularity.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

A malignant germ cell tumor characterized by the presence of a monotonous primitive germ cell population.

(Dysgerminoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it is identical to seminoma and consists of a monotonous population of germ cells with abundant pale cytoplasm and uniform nuclei.

(Ovarian Dysgerminoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant germ cell neoplasm characterized by the presence of a monotonous primitive germ cell population, primarily in the ovary.

(Dysgerminoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Uriah Heep, said Mr. Wickfield, in a monotonous forced way, is active in the business, Trotwood.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And do you like that monotonous theme?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It is characterized by destructive infiltration of lymph nodes and extranodal sites by a monotonous population of transformed lymphocytes or plasma cells.

(Monomorphic Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by destructive infiltration of lymph nodes and extranodal sites by a monotonous population of transformed T-lymphocytes/NK-cells.

(Monomorphic T/NK-Cell Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)