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This rainy weather is depressing.
He paints a depressing picture of modern life.
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There wasn’t enough source material to work with, and thanks to the novel’s dystopian setting, the second half felt almost too depressing for fantasy fans in packed theaters.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025
Once the front-runner in the competition to build a new American spacecraft to carry cargo and astronauts to the space station, the Starliner program suffered and still suffers from a depressing list of setbacks and a financial loss to the company that exceeds US$2 billion.
—New Atlas, 24 Nov. 2025
Some have argued that The Road is tedious, depressing, and even evil.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
For obvious reasons, a 2025 telling of this story was never going to end with a plane flying into a building — beyond the unfortunate 9/11 allusion, an ending that depressing is exceedingly rare in a mainstream studio release.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025
Once the front-runner in the competition to build a new American spacecraft to carry cargo and astronauts to the space station, the Starliner program suffered and still suffers from a depressing list of setbacks and a financial loss to the company that exceeds US$2 billion.
—New Atlas, 24 Nov. 2025
Some have argued that The Road is tedious, depressing, and even evil.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
For obvious reasons, a 2025 telling of this story was never going to end with a plane flying into a building — beyond the unfortunate 9/11 allusion, an ending that depressing is exceedingly rare in a mainstream studio release.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Depressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depressing. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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