as in repetitive
marked by repetition
at a real trial, repetitious questioning by the attorneys makes the whole affair less than thrilling
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Recent Examples of repetitious
Irakli’s search is less mission than meander, one that only lags during a slightly repetitious late stretch, before Koberidze gets us back.
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
Over the course of a repetitious goal-to-go drill, Mahomes caught fire.
—Sam McDowell 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
Optimus is a humanoid, bipedal, general-purpose robot created by Tesla that can carry out activities that humans find tedious, repetitious, or hazardous.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Scenarios play out all the same, filled with repetitious melee take-down animations on loop.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
Over the course of a repetitious goal-to-go drill, Mahomes caught fire.
—Sam McDowell 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
Optimus is a humanoid, bipedal, general-purpose robot created by Tesla that can carry out activities that humans find tedious, repetitious, or hazardous.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Scenarios play out all the same, filled with repetitious melee take-down animations on loop.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for repetitious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repetitious
repetitive
Adjective
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The system can assist the elbow, shoulder, and waist at the same time, reducing muscle effort by over 40 percent during repetitive tasks.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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Doing the same routine over and over will likely yield diminishing returns, while raising the chances of boredom or a repetitive-use injury.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Repetitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repetitious. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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