repetitive
pertaining to or characterized by repetition.
Origin of repetitive
1Other words from repetitive
- re·pet·i·tive·ly, adverb
- re·pet·i·tive·ness, noun
- non·re·pet·i·tive, adjective
- non·re·pet·i·tive·ly, adverb
- un·re·pet·i·tive, adjective
- un·re·pet·i·tive·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with repetitive
- repetitious, repetitive
Words Nearby repetitive
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How to use repetitive in a sentence
It was there that Hollerith got the idea to mechanize the repetitive tabulations involved in census work.
That’s because the immutability of rituals — their fixed and often repetitive nature — is core to their definition, Schroeder and others say.
Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic? | Sujata Gupta | August 14, 2020 | Science NewsPatients either speak less or say less when they speak, using vague, repetitive, stereotypical phrases.
Machines can spot mental health issues—if you hand over your personal data | Bobbie Johnson | August 13, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewScientists have been slowly filling in the gaps, but certain portions that feature repetitive sequences going on for millions of base pairs have long been seen as intractable.
For the First Time, Scientists Fully Sequenced the Human X Chromosome | Edd Gent | July 20, 2020 | Singularity HubWhen applied to these highly repetitive sections it becomes almost impossible to distinguish the pieces, so putting them back together in the right order is extremely difficult.
For the First Time, Scientists Fully Sequenced the Human X Chromosome | Edd Gent | July 20, 2020 | Singularity Hub
Even extreme beauty — and even the best of bodies and most involving pictures of them — can become repetitive.
What was once sexy and mildly transgressive—the perfect antidote to Twilight—devolved into a repetitive, unimaginative mess.
'True Blood' Ends With a Whimper: The Sexy HBO Vampire Series Is (Finally) Over | Marlow Stern | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMigrant shipwrecks and refugee death stories become repetitive quickly.
There are videos and performances that often deal with representations of the human body through repetitive tasks.
But apparently there are scoops of great magnitude to be gleaned from these repetitive pictures.
We have filled the foreground in recent years with new automatic machines, new subdivisions of repetitive process.
Our Part in the Great War | Arthur GleasonIt was no pretentious group of houses, nor was it a repetitive design out of some subdividing contractor's greedy mind.
Greener Than You Think | Ward MooreWe learn little or nothing from habit excepting repetitive imitation.
Adventures in the Arts | Marsden HartleyOthers have the repetitive pattern of bushes, flowers, or the pear, on a field of rich colour.
Oriental Rugs | Walter A. HawleyThe thing to do was to make the surface thoughts automatically repetitive.
The Foreign Hand Tie | Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for repetitive
/ (rɪˈpɛtɪtɪv) /
characterized by or given to unnecessary repetition; boring: dull, repetitive work
Derived forms of repetitive
- repetitively, adverb
- repetitiveness, noun
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