1. (

• monotony ,
• humdrum ,
• sameness ,

) the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served" ;

1. (

• commonplace ,
• humdrum ,
• prosaic ,
• unglamorous ,
• unglamourous

) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines" ;

2. (

• humdrum ,
• monotonous

) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea" ;