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monotony

/məˈnɑtəni/ noun C1
  1. Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
  2. The property of a monotonic function.
  3. The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.

Plural monotonies

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My health forbade me from venturing out unless the weather was exceptionally genial, and I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 12 · B2
here comes something at last to break our dead monotony.”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 2 · B2

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