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repetitive

[ri-pet-i-tiv]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or characterized by repetition.



repetitive

/ ɪˈɛɪɪ /

adjective

  1. characterized by or given to unnecessary repetition; boring

    dull, repetitive work

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Other Word Forms

  • repetitively adverb
  • repetitiveness noun
  • nonrepetitive adjective
  • nonrepetitively adverb
  • unrepetitive adjective
  • unrepetitively adverb
  • ˈپپԱ noun
  • ˈپپ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of repetitive1

First recorded in 1830–40; from Latin ī(ܲ) “attacked again” (past participle of repetere “to attack again, demand return of”; repeat ) + -ive
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Example Sentences

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This format—”what I did in therapy today,” more or less—is raw and occasionally repetitive.

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The steward at the bottom of the steps in front of the Lord's pavilion must be in danger of suffering from repetitive strain injury.

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"It is a little sad, isn’t it? One more quiet thread snipped in the broader unraveling of neighborhood-ness. Of the small, repetitive exchanges that used to stitch a life together."

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"We're allowing couriers to stay within community areas to do pickup and drop off while the autonomous vans handle the repetitive, longer-distance trips. This boosts the entire system's efficiency," he tells us.

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“Tugs run short, repetitive missions requiring high torque, and start and end at the same home base,” Arc said in a statement announcing its retrofitting project.

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