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

Derived Forms

• ˌrepeˈtitiousness, noun
• ˌrepeˈtitiously, adverb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of repetitious¹

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

Example Sentences

Put aside endless Outback parties and repetitious beach forays, though, and you might be charmed by this familiar-not-familiar boy-meets-boy tale.

From Washington Blade

On top of these chipsets, electronic drum sets’ sensitive components must be built durably enough to endure prolonged exposure to repetitious, high-pressure strikes, which adds to the cost of materials.

From Popular-Science

The definition that underlay all the implications and innuendos was that in order to qualify as a song a sequence of sounds had simply to be rhythmic and repetitious.

From Nautilus

It’s fiery, it’s sometimes the tiniest bit whiny, it’s a little repetitious, and it’s eyebrow-raising with a dash of heated argument-starter for zest.

From Washington Blade

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• boring
• redundant
• repetitive