reiterated

American  

[ree-it-uh-rey-tid] / riˈɪt əˌreɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. said, expressed, or done again; repeated, often excessively.

   Despite the often reiterated commitment to the organization’s stated vision, there is still a lack of resolve among the current leadership.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of reiterate.

Other Word Forms

• unreiterated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of reiterated

reiterate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

"Reiterated refusals are the sort of persecution I don't like."

From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony

With bellowings loud, and hollow deep'ning swell, Reiterated hiss, and whistlings shrill, Fierce wars the varied storm, with fury tore, Till all is overwhelm'd in one tremendous roar.

From Poems, &c. (1790) Wherein It Is Attempted To Describe Certain Views Of Nature And Of Rustic Manners; And Also, To Point Out, In Some Instances, The Different Influence Which The Same Circumstances Produce On Different Characters by Baillie, Joanna

Reiterated complaints poured into the emperor's ears ended by alienating Maximilian from his former friends, and it was difficult, almost impossible for them to obtain a hearing.

From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)

Reiterated tones and glissandos pad out between these and make up practically the remainder of the number.

From The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe by Cole, Fay-Cooper

Thrown from his nervous grasp the lightnings flew, Reiterated swift; the whirling flash, Cast sacred splendor, and the thunder-bolt Fell.

From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius

Related Words

• commonplace
• constant
• continual
• incessant
• intermittent
• numerous
• periodic
• persistent
• recurrent
• usual