deadening (
http://definr.com/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]