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on a treadmill
adjective as in ceaseless
adjective as in continuous
adjective as in futile
Strongest matches
adjective as in interminable
Strongest matches
adjective as in vain
Weak matches
- abortive
- barren
- bootless
- delusive
- delusory
- empty
- going nowhere
- hollow
- idle
- in vicious circle
- inefficacious
- insignificant
- misleading
- no-win
- not a prayer
- nugatory
- otiose
- paltry
- pointless
- profitless
- puny
- senseless
- shuck
- slight
- sterile
- time-wasting
- trifling
- unavailing
- unimportant
- unnotable
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- valueless
- void
- worthless
Example Sentences
The Nolan girls found themselves on a treadmill of performances in nightclubs, on TV and on tours.
“When somebody dies it is often so shocking. We just get on a treadmill of ‘this is what happens’, so I want to open up those conversations.
Imagine going to a store dedicated mostly to sports bras, having a specialist evaluate your breasts, and then running around the store or on a treadmill a little bit to see how different options feel.
BBC Sport challenges regular gym-goers to keep up with Keely Hodgkinson's 800m pace on a treadmill, with the help of fitness influencer Lucy Davis.
I should become an after-work exerciser, one of those people who changes into their gym clothes before leaving the office, who runs on a treadmill while watching “The Bachelor,” and — who knows what else might be possible? — eats three ounces of lean protein for dinner at 8, spends a good 20 minutes melting the ravages of sitting from my hips with a foam roller and is in bed with a book — no screens! — by 10.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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