repetitivere‧pet‧i‧tive /rɪˈpetətɪv/ adjective 
repetitive tasks like washing and ironing The song was dreary and repetitive.—repetitively adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A lot of the work we have to do is repetitive.
- As children we suffered through schoolwork that was dull and repetitive.
- He has some good ideas, but his lectures can get a little repetitive.
- A total of eight calls were made that day and although a routine became evident, it was never repetitive.
- But we believe that under the less than optimal circumstances of reality, repetitive reorganizing does far more damage than good.
- Clonic refers to repetitive rhythmical involuntary muscle contractions.
- I think the same process occurs in the repetitive rhythm of slow long-distance running.
- In the culture of the copy, he has written the perfect book: original and repetitive at once.
- These repetitive simultaneous pressure waves usually occurred together with the lower oesophageal sphincter component of the migrating motor complex.
- This idea of a perpetually repetitive pattern of events inspired a sense of security from the menace of change and decay.
- Yet perhaps the most frustrating incompetence of all is that which is repetitive.
Longman Language Activatorjobs/books/films/activities etc
something that is boring is not interesting in any way and makes you feel tired and annoyed: · I don't want some boring job in an office!· a long boring lecture on economic planning· What a boring way to spend an evening!· Most people who see a baseball game for the first time think it's pretty boring.
especially spoken very ordinary and not really interesting or enjoyable: · Did you watch that TV show about Prince Charles? It wasn't very interesting, was it?· There was nothing very interesting in the local newspaper - just the usual stuff.
especially written boring because nothing different, interesting, or exciting happens: · We spent a dull afternoon with some of Harold's business associates.· This kind of mindless work can become very dull very quickly.
something that is monotonous is boring because it always continues in the same way and it never changes: · Life on the farm was slow and monotonous.· The teacher's low monotonous voice almost put me to sleep.
something that is tedious is boring and tiring because it continues for too long: · It was one of the most tedious plays I've ever had to sit through.· Doing all those calculations without a computer would be extremely tedious.
stories, books, remarks etc that are banal , are ordinary and uninteresting, especially because they do not contain anything new, exciting, or original: · It was just another banal newspaper story.· I was expecting an interesting interview but he only asked a few banal questions about the weather.
a job, event, or activity that is mundane is boring and ordinary and gives you very little pleasure, especially because you do it every day: · The play is about the mundane existence of factory workers.· My initial job was pretty mundane, but later I was given more responsibility.
if something such as a job, speech, or a piece of writing or music is repetitive , it is boring because parts of it keep repeating again and again: · As children we suffered through schoolwork that was dull and repetitive.· He has some good ideas, but his lectures can get a little repetitive.
something that is uninspiring has nothing exciting or new about it, and makes you feel bored: · The restaurant's dessert selection was somewhat uninspiring.· Both candidates turned in uninspiring performances in last night's debate.
: humdrum existence/life/job one in which nothing interesting or exciting ever happens and nothing changes: · Occasional holidays abroad were the only things that brightened up her otherwise humdrum life.· Going to night school might improve your chances of getting out of that humdrum job.
especially British a job or an experience that is soul-destroying is extremely boring and makes you very unhappy because you feel that you are a useless person and your life has no meaning: · They spend all day sticking paper labels on toy cars - it's soul-destroying.· Going to the unemployment office and having to wait there for hours is a soul-destroying experience.
British informal /put you to sleep American informal if a speech, performance etc sends or puts you to sleep , it is extremely boring so you completely stop paying attention to it and want to sleep: · All his talk about his financial problems just sends me to sleep.· Isn't there anything else to watch? This movie's putting me to sleep.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY repetitive tasks like washing and ironingCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
repetitive tasks like washing and ironing· Although the diagram is simple and highly repetitive, few will get it completely correct.· Relay assembly was a highly repetitive, manual job.· The store manager said that core staff motivation was a problem because after a while the job becomes highly repetitive.· A highly repetitive, textured and grouped baseline is promoted by a series of small mutations that do not interrupt its continuity.
NOUN· Thus occupied on this repetitive job, the mind is free to wander and daydream.· Such jobs will be eliminated just as manual, repetitive jobs were replaced by automation in the 1980s.· It removes the need for G-cramps and battens for many tasks, and speeds up repetitive jobs.· Taylor believed in the division of labour since tasks could be broken down into simple repetitive jobs.· Many people doing boring or repetitive jobs deliberately introduce a certain amount of stress to make the routine more exciting.
· Office workers can suffer from work-related ill-health such as repetitive strain injury.· Can children get repetitive strain injury from playing too much Super-Nintendo?
· The same knowledge can of course help design robots to replace the human in certain skilled but repetitive tasks.· Computers are now being brought into this profession to perform repetitive tasks.· For a repetitive task there may be comparatively little going on in the mind which emerges at the level of consciousness.· They were seen as mindless individuals who could take on repetitive tasks.· Both groups dislike repetitive tasks and have learned to delegate to others.
· Elimination of tedious repetitive work such as casting and balancing. 5.· These costs were attributed to job dissatisfaction caused by boring, repetitive work.· This applies particularly to routines and repetitive work where the main operator limitation is not capacity or skill but stamina.
WORD FAMILYadjectiverepeatedrepetitiverepetitiousrepeatable ≠ unrepeatablenounrepeatrepetitionadverbrepeatedlyrepetitivelyverbrepeat
done many times in the same way, and boringrepetitive work/tasks/jobs repetitive tasks like washing and ironing The song was dreary and repetitive.—repetitively adverb