how to pronounce monotonous

/məˈnɑːtənəs/

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monotonous is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of monotonous in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… rarely monotonous planners get to tackle …”

meanings of monotonous

adjective:

Having an unvarying tone or pitch.
Tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety.

monotonous frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word monotonous occurs in english on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics monotonous can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that monotonous can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;