monotonous
adjective/məˈnɒtənəs/
Frequency rank: #13,701 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
lacking in variety; tediously uniform and repetitive.
Example sentence
The factory worker found the assembly line job monotonous because he repeated the same motion hundreds of times a day.
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