monotonous
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Another viral videogame, “The Exit 8,” in which the player is trapped in a monotonous Japanese subway station, was recently adapted into a feature film released by Neon this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
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
They’re spread throughout practice to break the monotonous nature of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
It can get a little bit monotonous and a little bit tedious.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
Last week there was a brief interruption in our monotonous routine.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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