Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Unvarying, as in quality or character; monotonous: "a one-note, rude, sulky heroine” ( Janet Maslin).
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Etymologies
- An allusion to the monotony of a single musical note played or sung repeatedly. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Although Anya's collection is the definition of one-note, there were no hills and valleys and she's clearly tremendously gifted.”
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“Brie already won us over on Mad Men before she debuted as the adorable and tightly wound moral compass of Greendale two years ago — a character that could have remained one-note.”
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“He's a one-note – one dimensional cardboard figure.”
“Her perspective is one-note and angry, embittered.”
“Most were dropped for either being uninteresting (Shermy), one-note (Pig-Pen, Frieda), or redundant (Violet).”
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“I would be kind of a hypocrite if I took April to task for being one-note without acknowledging that Mondo loves houndstooth so much that he should probably marry it.”
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“But Bandslam has no interest in delivering the same gumball pop artificiality and one-note characters that those films offered.”
“That dude is a one-note actor who only knows how to sarcastically mug at the camera. blog comments powered by Disqus”
“But the sides are disappointing: no collard greens on the days we visited, oily mac and cheese, one-note, slightly mushy black-eyed peas, and limp frozen corn and okra.”
“Instead of the one-note "And I'll just watch" fantasies of yesterday's men, or the icky, over-sexy imitations in pop videos, women are imagining the lingering, complex bliss of both them and their lover enjoying the same TV programmes.”
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