twice-told

adjective

Definition of twice-toldnext
as in boring

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Recent Examples of twice-told Such a story told, even twice-told, is always lacking, never filling the whole picture because it is set apart. — Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twice-told
  1. boring
  2. tedious
  3. tiresome
  4. old
  5. dry
  6. pedestrian
  7. ponderous
  8. prosaic
Adjective
  • Christian flat out tells Bryan to do anything else because the gown is so boring, but Bryan could not be more disinterested in his advice.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026
  • Just a year ago, $100,000 was considered a relatively 'boring’ price for bitcoin.
    — Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of boring
Adjective
  • Ultimately, Amin sees AI less as a way to replace travelers than as a way to eliminate the tedious work that surrounds planning a trip.
    — Peter High, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The officials of all stripes got out of the way and the stars were allowed to be stars, though the steady stream of half-court heaving got a little tedious before Theresa Witherspoon’s All-Stars beat Cynthia Cooper’s 129-121.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
Definition of tedious
Adjective
  • In recent years, there has been an increasingly tiresome requirement that football jerseys be, in some way, related to the past.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • There are genuine laughs sprinkled in but too many elements land with a thud — including an excessive amount of comedic gore that grows tiresome and a mailman/narrator gag that just isn’t funny.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of tiresome
Adjective
  • Unlike my original e-bike, the Huffy includes metal fenders, a metal chain guard, and a battery that can charge in or out of the bike - all for a third of the price of my old bike.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Tyler James Feehan shared memories of the 25-year-old who was killed on July 17 as a result of Iranian strikes on Jordan.
    — Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of old
Adjective
  • Providing supplemental irrigation during dry periods to reduce drought stress.
    — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • In just a few weeks, guests at this West 39th Street sandwich shop and wine bar can transport themselves to a Tuscan restaurant with homemade schiacciata bread, Italian meats and cheeses, and a dry white.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Definition of dry
Adjective
  • In addition to its badging, the 53 looks noticeably more focused than its more pedestrian CLA Class siblings.
    — Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Patrick Mahomes has not quite looked himself, the wide receivers have been inconsistent, and the running game has been pedestrian, at best.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
Definition of pedestrian
Adjective
  • In one of the side plots to The Lord of the Rings, two of the Hobbits attempt to rouse Treebeard—a wise but ponderous sentient tree—to defend his forest from an army that is cutting it down.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
  • The bass kept boring doggedly toward shore, lunging and vaulting into the air in ponderous leaps.
    — Ted Janes, Outdoor Life, 21 May 2026
Definition of ponderous
Adjective
  • His plan, scheduled for a vote at the Beach commission on Wednesday after two years of often-intense debate and revision, comes in the prosaic form of a technical zoning change.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Populist theatrics, divorced from the prosaic work of consensus-building and problem-solving, degenerate into political escapism.
    — Will Marshall, Washington Post, 18 July 2026
Definition of prosaic

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