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
It’s used to describe the mind-numbing content found on social media and the internet, as well as the subsequent negative impact this can have on our brain health.
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Sitting beneath the $15 trillion that global investors have sunk into private capital, a burgeoning pool of investments that covers everything from private equity and private credit to venture capital and real estate funds, is a mind-numbing accounting problem.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
If Baltimore avoids mind-numbing penalties, the Ravens have a few matchup advantages that should lead to a win.
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
MetLife had to fashion an environment in which women could be hired en masse, assured of safety and respectability, and assigned to the mind-numbing tasks that kept the engine of insurance purring.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Nov. 2024
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Sitting beneath the $15 trillion that global investors have sunk into private capital, a burgeoning pool of investments that covers everything from private equity and private credit to venture capital and real estate funds, is a mind-numbing accounting problem.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
If Baltimore avoids mind-numbing penalties, the Ravens have a few matchup advantages that should lead to a win.
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
MetLife had to fashion an environment in which women could be hired en masse, assured of safety and respectability, and assigned to the mind-numbing tasks that kept the engine of insurance purring.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mind-numbing
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Harris, the narrator’s husband: Paul Mescal or Nick Kroll Can Ireland's sexiest chain-wearer reinvent himself as a boring straight guy who's not entirely fulfilling his wife?—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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From awful ads to a divisive halftime show to a boring game, 10 things to forget.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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The first few years of being a parent can be among the most tiring as moms and dads try and often fail to get infants into a regular routine of unbroken sleep at night.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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No matter the outcome of the AFC Championship Game between the Chiefs and Bills, the winners are anyone who was tiring of the Taylor Swift-Hailee Steinfeld (faux) drama.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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The best part of the sketch isn’t its sly picture of Gen X’s slow fade into conformity, but Jason Sudeikis as the groom’s father who is unironically into the performance.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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Larson continued to speak at a slower cadence but ran out of time and was not able to finish what was meant to be a five-minute speech.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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The premise itself is both deeply stupid and incredibly clever (the sweet spot, really).—
Erin Strecker,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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Some of the replies were the usual stupid snark on social media from people who thrive on being negative.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
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For a company known for its ingenuity, Disney seemed to phone it in this year by spending their precious millions on a dull ad that imagines a universe without their iconic IP.—
Rob LeDonne,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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The female is dull yellow-green without any markings.—
Stan Tekiela,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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For my company, that means being both a refuge for weary DEI professionals and a launchpad for those ready to step into their next great act.—
Dria James,
refinery29.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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One weary buyer confided in Parrish, cried on his shoulder.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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The landscape is filled with dusty mountains, misty horizons, and, sometimes, desolate and dead hills.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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The new formal name, Cherax pulverulentus, means dusty crayfish in Latin, in homage to the crustacean’s dotted exoskeleton.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff: The high school senior, Timothy and Victoria's youngest, is pulled between following the life path of his older sister and brother while deciding his major life decision: Whether to go to Duke or the University of North Carolina.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Freezing temperatures can pose health risks, particularly for vulnerable groups such as infants and older adults.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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