monotonous vs unsteady

monotonous

adj
  • Tedious, repetitious, or lacking in variety. 

  • Having an unvarying pitch or tone. 

unsteady

adj
  • Lacking regularity or uniformity. 

  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior. 

  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable. 

verb
  • To render unsteady, removing balance. 

How often have the words monotonous and unsteady occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )