as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
that movie is just a series of mind-numbing explosions and car chases
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Recent Examples of mind-numbing
Our protagonist wishes to escape the mind-numbing monotony of the family farm and dreams of becoming a glamorous movie star.
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Travis Bean, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
There are some pretty mind-numbing ones, too (insurance, enterprise software, energy production) that power the economy.
—Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2024
On the highway, the car tracks your gaze and head position to make sure your eyes stay on the road the entire time—arguably more depressing and mind-numbing than regular highway driving.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2024
The Jets are coming off a mind-numbing 10-9 home loss to the Broncos in Week 4, and Aaron Rodgers was left covering his head with a towel at the conclusion of that game.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Travis Bean, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
There are some pretty mind-numbing ones, too (insurance, enterprise software, energy production) that power the economy.
—Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2024
On the highway, the car tracks your gaze and head position to make sure your eyes stay on the road the entire time—arguably more depressing and mind-numbing than regular highway driving.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2024
The Jets are coming off a mind-numbing 10-9 home loss to the Broncos in Week 4, and Aaron Rodgers was left covering his head with a towel at the conclusion of that game.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mind-numbing
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If films like Nosferatu don’t find a wide audience and thrive in the marketplace, cinema faces a very bland, boring future.Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Either way, the winter garden is anything but boring.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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As for food, those tiring of tagine may be glad of the West African restaurants tucked away within the medina.Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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That eliminates long, tiring road transfers, and allows more time in the bush.Holden Frith, The Week UK, theweek, 26 Oct. 2024
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Despite these efforts, progress has been slow, and concerns about systemic challenges persist.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Snow has been slow to arrive in Big Bear this year, but the long-term forecast calls for big changes.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Boke character, which would be Johnson, is the one who will make a mistake on purpose, or make a stupid joke.Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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From designing cutting-edge medical devices to building electric vehicles in the factory of the future—using robots, AI, VR, automation and more—manufacturing is anything but dull.Ethan Karp, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Simeone’s side slumped to a dull 1-0 defeat, with extra embarrassment as Felix — then exiled on loan at Barca — proved to be the matchwinner.Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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In 2006, the company reportedly sold a hundred thousand cases, but demand ran dry and Waterkeepers grew weary.Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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In both cases, the Lakers could receive enough assets to begin a rebuilding project that their weary fans would surely support.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Poor Ventilation Along with the increase in moisture and humidity, another leading cause for a dusty bathroom is poor ventilation.Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2024
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And some days, its dusty air carries the stench of the polluted Salton Sea eight miles west.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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