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
humdrum (n.)
not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; an unglamorous job greasing engines
[ Syn: commonplace , prosaic , unglamorous , unglamourous ]
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; a humdrum existence; all work and no play; nothing is so monotonous as the sea
[ Syn: monotonous ]