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# monotonous

adjective (monotonous, more monotonous)

«monotonous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Monotonous means dull and boring because it never changes, the same sound or the same thing over and over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monotonous/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes a dull day, a flat voice or a sound that goes on and on without change

### Examples

- The rain made a monotonous sound on the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monotonous/#x1)
- Counting the same thing over and over is monotonous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monotonous/#x2)
- Life in the castle was monotonous, with the same chores every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monotonous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it describes how a task feels, not how many things there are

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «monotonous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monotonous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«monotonous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/monotonous.html) on Mova free.