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
Slowly the camera pulls back to reveal an interior window, and then the back of a man’s head in silhouette, as our protagonist watches the monotonous procession.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
I used to feel that time spent devoted to improving your body was fruitless or monotonous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025
That’s enough to cycle in three or four dinners over the course of a quarter — plenty to be useful, but not so much that it becomes monotonous.
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025
Mile after mile after mile after mile, and everything became grayer and more monotonous.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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