mind-numbing
adjective
mind-numb·ing
ˈmīn(d)-ˌnə-miŋ 
: relentlessly tedious : dull
mind-numbingly
adverb
Synonyms
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What should be a sparkling recounting of a pivotal moment in U.S. history is flattened, becoming a mind-numbing and belabored affair of wig-wearing men shouting at each other in dark rooms.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Advertisement ‘An independent thinker’ Like his predecessor, Choi comes to the chief’s office with a reputation as a policy wonk steeped in the mind-numbing details of running the LAPD, an organization of more than 10,000 employees that is always under an intense media microscope.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Devices like the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI pin aim to take mind-numbing tasks off your phone and let an AI assistant handle them.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
In a cavernous convention hall in Northern California, at the end of a long, loooong day of important, yes, but eventually mind-numbing presentations about native plants, nearly 200 scientists, botanists and students had had enough.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Today, with almost 5 billion on social media, and ONE BILLION alone on LinkedIn, the numbers are not only mind-numbing but the aggregate sense of entitlement and lack of modesty stunning.
—Davia Temin, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Yet Judge Griesa was facing a different kind of nightmare scenario: endless, mind-numbing litigation.
—Gregory Makoff, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024
But with the recent explosion of products in the category, finding a quality powder can be a mind-numbing experience full of confusing acronyms, unpronounceable ingredients, and suspicious health claims.
—Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2024
Chester, Montana, clocked in as the coldest spot in the nation when the temperature plunged to a mind-numbing minus 54 degrees.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2024
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Advertisement ‘An independent thinker’ Like his predecessor, Choi comes to the chief’s office with a reputation as a policy wonk steeped in the mind-numbing details of running the LAPD, an organization of more than 10,000 employees that is always under an intense media microscope.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Devices like the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI pin aim to take mind-numbing tasks off your phone and let an AI assistant handle them.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
In a cavernous convention hall in Northern California, at the end of a long, loooong day of important, yes, but eventually mind-numbing presentations about native plants, nearly 200 scientists, botanists and students had had enough.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Today, with almost 5 billion on social media, and ONE BILLION alone on LinkedIn, the numbers are not only mind-numbing but the aggregate sense of entitlement and lack of modesty stunning.
—Davia Temin, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Yet Judge Griesa was facing a different kind of nightmare scenario: endless, mind-numbing litigation.
—Gregory Makoff, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024
But with the recent explosion of products in the category, finding a quality powder can be a mind-numbing experience full of confusing acronyms, unpronounceable ingredients, and suspicious health claims.
—Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2024
Chester, Montana, clocked in as the coldest spot in the nation when the temperature plunged to a mind-numbing minus 54 degrees.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2024
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“Mind-numbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind-numbing. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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