mind-numbing

See also: mindnumbing

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Adjective

mind-numbing (comparative more mind-numbing, superlative most mind-numbing)

(idiomatic) Excessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation.
Synonym: brain-numbing

After hours of mind-numbing work sorting hundreds of nearly identical form, he needed to stop and do something else.

The story described the main character's wristwatch in mind-numbing detail.

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Translations

excessively boring

Chinese:
Mandarin: 讓人心煩意亂的／让人心烦意乱的 (ràng rén xīnfányìluàn de)
Dutch: geestdodend (nl)
Finnish: turruttava (fi)
French: abrutissant (fr)
German: stumpfsinnig (de)
Polish: arcynudny (pl)
Russian: отупля́ющий (ru) (otupljájuščij)
Swedish: förslöande (sv)

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