One-note
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: One-note is an adjective meaning (idiomatic) Having only one opinion, outlook, tone, etc., especially as expressed repetitively; without variety or range.
Meaning
(idiomatic) Having only one opinion, outlook, tone, etc., especially as expressed repetitively; without variety or range.
Example Sentences
The movie is one long snigger. […] It might be one-note, but at least it's in the key of funny.
But Pope Brock plays him in such a one-note key of gulping and spitting and snickering cynicism that the spectacle becomes numbing.
Moreover, Drive Angry offers evidence that Cage hasn't recently been one-note in his performances so much as in his choice of schlocky material.
To his mind, there was only one right and true position on the question. This sort of one-note response is precisely the problem facing politically engaged academics in the U.S. at the moment.
Synonyms for one-note
Depending on context, synonyms include invariant, monotonous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include monotone, one-track, monovocal, monostylistic, monoideic, monoargumental.
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