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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


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Derived Forms

  • ˌrepeˈtitiousness, noun
  • ˌrepeˈtitiously, adverb

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Other Words From

  • repe·titious·ly adverb
  • repe·titious·nes noun
  • nonrep·e·titious adjective
  • nonrep·e·titious·ly adverb
  • nonrep·e·titious·ness noun
  • unrep·e·titious adjective
  • unrep·e·titious·ly adverb
  • unrep·e·titious·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of repetitious1

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

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Example Sentences

Some of the old episodic shows were good to do, but it got to be repetitious.

The spirit of play infused into the simplest and most repetitious of household tasks banishes drudgery.

From here on the repetitious statements of assignment of half of each song group to each brother will be omitted.

But in the process he was tiresomely repetitious, though not to so irritating an extent as he at times became.

Somewhere a record shop fed repetitious music to the night air.

He who sees no deeper into the play than this praises certain scenes or passages, but finds the whole repetitious and confusing.

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