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repetitious


rep·e·ti·tious

adj \-ˈti-shəs\

Definition of REPETITIOUS

: characterized or marked by repetition; especially : tediously repeating
— rep·e·ti·tious·ly adverb
— rep·e·ti·tious·ness noun
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Examples of REPETITIOUS

  1. He was bored by the repetitious work.
  2. Her writing can be repetitious.

First Known Use of REPETITIOUS

1675

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Rhymes with REPETITIOUS

adscititious, adventitious, avaricious, cementitious, expeditious, inauspicious, injudicious, meretricious, Red Delicious, subreptitious, superstitious, suppositious, surreptitious

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