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repetitiousness

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rep·e·ti·tious  (rp-tshs)
adj.
Filled with repetition, especially needless or tedious repetition.
repe·titious·ly adv.
repe·titious·ness n.
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Noun1.repetitiousness - verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
repetitiveness
verboseness, verbosity - an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
redundancy - repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
tautology - useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology"
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