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adj. characterized by repetition; "repetitive movement"

adj. repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry"

adj. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"

wordy, redundant

adj. use of more words than required to express an idea: "a wordy gossipy account of a simple incident"; "a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious"

pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological

adj. repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant

importunate

adj. expressing earnest entreaty; "an importunate job applicant"

ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

constant

adj. continually recurring or continuing without interruption; "constant repetition of the exercise"; "constant chatter of monkeys"

incessant, perpetual

adj. occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your perpetual (or continual) complaints"

running, ongoing

adj. currently happening; "an ongoing economic crisis"

perennial, recurrent, repeated

adj. recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"

persistent, relentless, unrelenting

adj. never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"

nonrepetitive

adj. marked by the absence of repetition; "nonrepetitive DNA sequence"; "nonrepetitive dance movements"

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