as in redundant
marked by repetition
the repetitive lyrics of so many rock songs
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Recent Examples of repetitive
But the story doesn’t have the novelistic sweep or thematic complexity to sustain all that weight, becoming a bit of a repetitive slog at times, rather than deepening our understanding of the woman whose name is in the title.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
Post-Europe is a response to this seemingly repetitive situation and the increasing tendency of legitimating a nationalist and fascist discourse.
—Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
This automation means less time spent on repetitive work for finance employees.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
For the first time, machines can perform not only repetitive tasks, but cognitive work once reserved for humans.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
Post-Europe is a response to this seemingly repetitive situation and the increasing tendency of legitimating a nationalist and fascist discourse.
—Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
This automation means less time spent on repetitive work for finance employees.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
For the first time, machines can perform not only repetitive tasks, but cognitive work once reserved for humans.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for repetitive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repetitive
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Neural networks are surprisingly inefficient learners and contain a lot of redundant information, says Mugel, which leaves a lot of room for optimization.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Sep. 2025
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This makes Green less redundant of Booker’s style than his past two co-stars were.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Ultimately, this film’s absurd existentialist deadpan aligns Lanthimos’ work here closer to Ruben Östlund than ever — himself a filmmaker likely drawing from Lanthimos these days — to mine the comedy of repetitious futility to disorienting effect.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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Irakli’s search is less mission than meander, one that only lags during a slightly repetitious late stretch, before Koberidze gets us back.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
17 Aug. 2025
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The three-year, government-wide redesign effort could fundamentally change how citizens access federal services while potentially saving taxpayers millions in duplicative design costs.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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This entails the messy but necessary work of (finally) consolidating and rationalizing your tech portfolio to weed out duplicative or unneeded systems and applications.—
Forrester,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Repetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repetitive. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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