What is the meaning of monotonous?

adjective

  • Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety.
    • usage: "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
  • Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch.
    • usage: "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
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