twice-told

adjective

Definition of twice-toldnext
as in boring

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twice-told
  1. boring
  2. tedious
  3. tiresome
  4. old
  5. dry
  6. pedestrian
  7. ponderous
  8. prosaic
Adjective
  • But to play to that dichotomy is a tightrope walk: lean too far one way and Indy becomes boring, either as too normal or a superhero.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Eggnog Eggnog is a hard sell because most people have only had the bad kind, those boring and occasionally gross cartons that line the dairy section of the supermarket every December.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of boring
Adjective
  • Much like 2014’s Ouija, a group of tedious teens unleash an evil entity haunting a specific set of tarot cards.
    Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Automate Repetitive Tasks Companies can integrate AI to automate repetitive tasks like invoice processing, reducing errors and freeing employees from tedious work.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of tedious
Adjective
  • Make Listening a Game Your child spends a significant portion of their day being talked to—and that is likely tiresome for them.
    Jeannette Moninger, Parents, 3 Dec. 2024
  • KitchenAid 9-Speed Digital Hand Mixer with Turbo Beater II Stirring can be tiresome, especially when there’s large amounts or chunky ingredients.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of tiresome
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of old
Adjective
  • Cold weather always brings its own set of challenges, and one common winter woe is the discomfort of dry and chapped lips.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Make sure your tools are completely dry before storing them in your garage, basement, potting shed, or other dry location.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of dry
Adjective
  • Android 15’s second beta release has other notable additions today that didn’t make it to the relatively pedestrian first release.
    Umar Shakir, The Verge, 15 May 2024
  • Yet New England's 14-2 record and a defense that allowed the league's fewest points were not necessarily indicative of true dominance, as the team displayed a pattern of frequently doing just enough to win, the average margin of victory a fairly pedestrian 10.3 points.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
Definition of pedestrian
Adjective
  • Plzen were no different, pressing well in phases, but rarely troubled by a United attack that passed the ball in a ponderous fashion and rarely attempted to run in behind.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • But the seven-episode season, written entirely by Gunn and directed by Matt Peters and Sam Liu, is as playful and irreverent as most load-bearing franchise entrants are ponderous and weighted down by obligations to a larger narrative.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of ponderous
Adjective
  • Such shots reproduce García Márquez’s knack for wedding the ordinary to the extraordinary, and turning prosaic developments into enduring fables.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Much as White had on his farm, Stan grows beyond the limiting confines of the consciousness of the townspeople, transcending the prosaic nature of the reality around him.
    Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of prosaic
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