deadening

adj : so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a

boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the

deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play";

"his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker

who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome

task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke;

"tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of

a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are

dreadfully wearisome" [syn: {boring}, {dull}, {ho-hum},

{irksome}, {slow}, {tedious}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}]

n : the act of making something futile and useless (as by

routine) [syn: {stultification}, {impairment}]