repetitious

[rep-i-tish-uhs]

adjective

1. full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition.

   a repetitious account of their vacation trip.

repetitious

/ ˌrɛpɪˈtɪʃəs /

adjective

1. characterized by unnecessary repetition

Other Word Forms

• repetitiously adverb
• repetitiousnes noun
• nonrepetitious adjective
• nonrepetitiously adverb
• nonrepetitiousness noun
• unrepetitious adjective
• unrepetitiously adverb
• unrepetitiousness noun
• repetitiousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of repetitious¹

1665–75; < Latin repetīt ( us ) (past participle of repetere to repeat ) + -ious

Example Sentences

While no financial records are publicly available for Whatever and Atlas did not respond to Salon’s requests for an interview, he’s clearly making a mint from this repetitious shtick.

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My thigh muscles twist and cramp from the repetitious movement.

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The repetitious process of packing up and settling into new places allowed her to easily decipher which tracks she wanted to keep pushing and which ones she would leave behind.

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But it’s tough to shake the impression that the book’s grand quest, Patricia’s attempt to rescue a self, is self-indulgent and repetitious, spiraling to earth as it tries to soar.

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From her repetitious linework to her paintings of blue skies with surrealist feathers and self-portraits of her fragmented nude body, Hurtado’s art is marked by her sense of experimentation and constant changes in style.

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Related Words

• boring 
• redundant 
• repetitive