Meaning & use
stultifying
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causing someone to feel bored, weary, or intellectually numbed, especially due to a dull and repetitive routine
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He found the stultifying monotony of the assembly line unbearable.
Years in the stultifying bureaucracy had drained her of any ambition.
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From Latin 'stultus' (foolish); the verb 'stultify' originally meant to make someone appear foolish.
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