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Sisyphean

//ˌsɪsəˈfiːən// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Incessant or incessantly recurring, but futile. not-comparable

    "Sisyphean task"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Sisyphean. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
  3. 3
    Relating to Sisyphus. Greek, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    both extremely effortful and futile wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to Sisyphus wordnet

Etymology

From Sisyphus + -ean, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos). Sisyphus was a Greek mythical figure who was doomed to endlessly roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, only to have it roll back down again.

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