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Incessant or incessantly recurring, but futile. / (Greek mythology) Relating to Sisyphus.

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Sisyphean

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Source Word

Sisyphean

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌsɪsəˈfiːən/

not-comparable Greek

Incessant or incessantly recurring, but futile. / (Greek mythology) Relating to Sisyphus.

Japanese Meaning

絶え間なく、または絶え間なく繰り返されるが無益な（徒労に終わる） / (ギリシャ神話における) シーシポスに関する

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Filing the backlog of customer complaints seemed like a Sisyphean task, repeatedly undone by new messages arriving overnight.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

顧客からの苦情の未処理分を整理するのは、無益で終わりのない仕事のように思え、夜の間に新しいメッセージが届いてはいつも作業が無に帰してしまった。

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Incessant or incessantly recurring, but futile.

Four bucketsful of water—one for each cell—seven for the long passage, two for lavatory and w.c.'s, brasses to clean, paint to dust. It seemed a Sisyphean task, no sooner ended than a new one was exacted.

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Sense（2）

(Greek mythology) Relating to Sisyphus.

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