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unvaried

unvaried

4.1
Not changing and always the same
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈvɛrɪd/
translation icon : monótono
  • Today, many graduate students, especially in the humanities and social sciences, have too much, not too little, teaching experience by the time they receive their degrees—unvaried, unsupervised, and poorly remunerated experience.

Examples

  • On his earliest recordings, he sings with fussy, mannered diction and a monotonously unvaried vibrato that betrays his immaturity.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The novel suggests that the palimpsestic and unpredictable nature of colonial encounter, good or bad, is subject to present and future unfoldings, not just the dictates of an artificially made and unvaried past.

    Academic text (2016)
  • His route was unvaried so that he didn't have to think about it.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • For example, consider how lifeless the use of a simple unvaried tone would sound in the sentence, "Tenors, I'm talking to you."

    Academic text (2003)
  • Advertisements may be tailored for the target, even if the product or service is unvaried, but in efforts to reach more potential customers at less cost, many advertisements are designed for a catholic appeal.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Where an established penalty is annexed to crimes, the criminal may read their certain consequence in that law, which ought to be the unvaried rule, as it is the inflexible judge of his actions.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The main reasons for ulcer recurrence were patient compliance, persistent destructive plantar pressures, unvaried walking patterns, and osteomyelitis.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The fifth-grade study music pieces were unvaried in key (B♭ major) but varied in meter, tempo, style, and dynamics.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The unvaried landscape stretched for miles without any hills or trees.

  • Her unvaried routine made each day feel monotonous and dull.

Synonyms

unvarying
vsunvaried
1 4.8

Not changing over time and always the same

focuses on lacking variety or diversity rather than only constancy
undiversified
vsunvaried
  • Specialized
7.1

Having little variety, it is at risk if one part fails

is broader, meaning lack of variety or change

Antonyms

297 3.4

Made of many different kinds

54 3.3

Containing many different kinds, not all the same

How Varied

multifaceted
15 5.9
varied
54 3.3
unvaried
4.1
monotonous
14 5.3

Surface Forms

unvaried positive

Etymology

Unvaried is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the verb vary, which means 'to change' and also shows up in variety. So unvaried means 'not changed' and describes something that stays the same or has little variety.