one-note

adjective

ˈwən-ˈnōt How to pronounce one-note (audio)
: unvarying in tone or emphasis : monotonous
a one-note campaigner

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Bi’s look is very well made but a little one-note with the all-red palette. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 Penelope could easily be a passive, one-note character waiting for her husband, Odysseus (Matt Damon), to make his long journey home. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Will Forte gives a one-note performance as Avery, the lawyer who’s stuck in a mode of desperate high dudgeon. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026 The new album builds on an already robust legacy of creative expansion for an artist who refuses to be one-note. — Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for one-note

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

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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 1 Sep. 2026.

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