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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Ryan Hohman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
As manual, repetitive tasks are increasingly automated, the human element that people bring to the workplace will become more important than ever.
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Given their constraints, the most plausible near-term roles are simple, repetitive, or hazardous tasks in structured spaces, moving totes, staging parts, and monitoring routine operations, where their slower pace or limited dexterity won’t bottleneck the entire line.
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Engineers can offload repetitive boilerplate and documentation tasks, freeing them to focus on architecture and system reliability.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Hohman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
As manual, repetitive tasks are increasingly automated, the human element that people bring to the workplace will become more important than ever.
—Hanne Jesca Bax, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Given their constraints, the most plausible near-term roles are simple, repetitive, or hazardous tasks in structured spaces, moving totes, staging parts, and monitoring routine operations, where their slower pace or limited dexterity won’t bottleneck the entire line.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Engineers can offload repetitive boilerplate and documentation tasks, freeing them to focus on architecture and system reliability.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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repetitive
adjective
re·pet·i·tive
ri-ˈpet-ət-iv
repetitively
adverb
repetitiveness
noun
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