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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

deadening

· dead·en·ing · IPA /dˈɛdənɪŋ/
01 adj. Rendering less lively, intense, or vigorous; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks.
  1. 1.
    Rendering less lively, intense, or vigorous; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks.
  2. 2.
    So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks.
Syn. boring, dreary, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome.
02 n. The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine).
  1. 1.
    The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine).
Syn. stultification, impairment.