stultify
verb (used with object)
to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means.
stultifyingly
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a word derived from
stultify.
Example Sentences
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It certainly felt like one of the most stultifyingly dull encounters in the modern history of the fixture.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
He found televised poker stultifyingly dull, however, because the viewer had so little knowledge of the cards in play.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2021
In the often stultifyingly conservative world of fandom, where even the smallest act of tinkering to the source material prompts a flurry of down-votes on Rotten Tomatoes, Lindelof’s approach feels bold, even heretical.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2018
The highlighter flourish screams scandal even if the content is stultifyingly mundane, or just plain wrong.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016
Her tastes, to be sure, were modest, but the wherewithal to gratify them had always been almost stultifyingly near at hand.
From Outside Inn by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Kelley
