Thesaurus results for REPETITIVE

repetitive

adjective

ri-ˈpe-tə-tiv

Definition of repetitive

as in redundant

marked by repetition the repetitive lyrics of so many rock songs

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Recent Examples of repetitive The robot could handle repetitive patrols while people make decisions during an incident. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Employees today may ask chatbots for help drafting emails, summarizing notes, cleaning up spreadsheets, writing code, and speeding through repetitive tasks. — William Jones, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 What’s more, transporting it from mines or storage sites to drilling locations involves thousands of repetitive truck journeys, often on remote, dusty and relatively predictable routes. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026 Your routine could feel unbearably repetitive, sparking fantasies of abandoning the whole thing. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for repetitive

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Adjective

The Kings’ blue line is too old, slow and limited at breaking the puck out, as Joel Edmundson, Brian Dumoulin and Cody Ceci are redundant stay-at-home defensemen.

— Harman Dayal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Many of these units of government, such as townships, predate municipalities and are legacy government units that are now redundant.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of redundant

Adjective

The book is that challenging—turgid, repetitious, and laced with technical jargon.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
Mendelsohn also retains Homer’s repetitious epithets for characters that some modern translations—written for the silent reader of the 21st century—have slimmed down.

— Chris Moody, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Definition of repetitious

Adjective

Eliminating many of these township governments, mosquito abatement districts, and duplicative sanitation, library, school and park districts would be good government in a state that needs to reduce the burden on its taxpayers.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
This could involve reducing overhead expenses such as duplicative roles, or producing content once and cross-syndicating it across multiple stations.

— Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026