repetitive
adjective
re·pet·i·tive
ri-ˈpe-tə-tiv 
1
2
: containing repetition
repetitively
adverb
repetitiveness
noun
Examples of repetitive in a Sentence
an injury caused by repetitive wrist movements
She left the job because the work was too repetitive.
At the risk of being repetitive, I must remind you again to be careful.
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The days of rehab, the hours of repetitive exercises, the monotonous stretches and crushing conditioning.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
These robots will handle tasks now performed by workers, especially repetitive or precision-intensive steps that benefit most from automation.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
Editors have used different versions of the Freeform on several trips and found that every bag could handle repetitive use with ease.
—Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
This repetitive, cyclic failure to grasp the gulf between the two warring sides – hammered out in two separate negotiating tracks – is ultimately why progress always seems so close, yet also so unattainable.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
These robots will handle tasks now performed by workers, especially repetitive or precision-intensive steps that benefit most from automation.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
Editors have used different versions of the Freeform on several trips and found that every bag could handle repetitive use with ease.
—Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
This repetitive, cyclic failure to grasp the gulf between the two warring sides – hammered out in two separate negotiating tracks – is ultimately why progress always seems so close, yet also so unattainable.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for repetitive
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“Repetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repetitive. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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repetitive
adjective
re·pet·i·tive
ri-ˈpet-ət-iv
repetitively
adverb
repetitiveness
noun
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