monotonous
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We’re all familiar with workplace efficiency, where every task must beat the clock and “skill and creativity” are reduced to “repetitive, monotonous tasks, without the beautiful compensation of singing along.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The pop star’s first solo album in nearly a decade is a slick, highly professional affair that suffers from a surplus of monotonous, surface-level balladry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
At first, ceramics was just an escape from the monotonous copywriting work Stringer dreaded.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
It can get a little bit monotonous and a little bit tedious.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
From the fields across the creek came the monotonous shout to the field horses; up at the house Jenny’s voice came clearly, pleasant as the sound of a little bell ringing.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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