: unvarying in tone or emphasis : monotonous
a one-note campaigner

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Sometimes soups can taste a little one-note, but this one is filled with contrasting textures and flavors to make every bite interesting. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025 Ross’ film, like Whitehead’s novel, refuses to serve as a one-note cinematic treatise on Black trauma. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024 Suffice it to say the period was not one-note, nor is its depiction onscreen. Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024 Grande makes the relationship that forms between Glinda and Elphaba genuine, but her character is more one-note than Erivo’s. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for one-note 

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of one-note was in 1956

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“One-note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-note. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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