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n. - Verboseness resulting from excessively saying the same thing over and over..

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  • One man's repetitiveness is another man's (or woman's) hammering home a point -- or something like that.
  • Both a high poly (A/T) and a high GC content result in an increased 'repetitiveness' and thus the propensity of polymerase slippage.
  • I found the repetitiveness of the process difficult.
  • I mean, the repetitiveness associated with memory loss.
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