repetitive
adj.happening again and again in a way that is boring or annoying. You use this to describe tasks or sounds that never seem to change.
adj.characterised by frequent repetition, often to the point of monotony or tedium. Frequently modifies nouns related to labor, motion, or auditory patterns.
“The factory job involves repetitive movements all day.”
“I had to quit the data entry position because the work was too repetitive and lacked any creative challenge.”
“The composer uses repetitive melodic fragments to create a hypnotic effect, though some critics find the lack of harmonic progression exhausting over long periods.”
Typically precedes the noun it modifies; often used with 'monotonous' or 'tedious' as synonyms.
Learners sometimes use the verb 'repeat' or the noun 'repetition' where the descriptive adjective 'repetitive' is required.
From Latin repetitus, with the suffix -ive.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.