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  • adverb In a way or to an extent that numbs

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numbing +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • To get an idea of just how mind-numbingly stupid this is, check your telephone book.

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • To get an idea of just how mind-numbingly stupid this is, check your telephone book.

    There ain't no-flys on me 2009

  • In only a few years time, the equity markets have jumped from two exchanges to more than 50 trading venues, becoming so mind-numbingly complex that even professional traders have difficulty telling you with confidence what happens to their orders.

    Jeff Connaughton: Where Are the Cops on Wall Street? Jeff Connaughton 2011

  • SteveAR appears to be so mind-numbingly stupid that he imagines the people who were rounded up with a hell of a lot less evidence than a bloody knife are all terrorists.

    Matthew Yglesias » Death at Gitmo 2010

  • In only a few years time, the equity markets have jumped from two exchanges to more than 50 trading venues, becoming so mind-numbingly complex that even professional traders have difficulty telling you with confidence what happens to their orders.

    Jeff Connaughton: Where Are the Cops on Wall Street? Jeff Connaughton 2011

  • In only a few years time, the equity markets have jumped from two exchanges to more than 50 trading venues, becoming so mind-numbingly complex that even professional traders have difficulty telling you with confidence what happens to their orders.

    Jeff Connaughton: Where Are the Cops on Wall Street? Jeff Connaughton 2011

  • Text-to-donate is certainly an underrated innovation because of how mind-numbingly easy it is to contribute to a meaningful cause without much more friction than it takes for you to send a message to a friend replying "haha."

    Danny Wong: The 30 Most Underrated Innovations of 2010 Danny Wong 2011

  • Text-to-donate is certainly an underrated innovation because of how mind-numbingly easy it is to contribute to a meaningful cause without much more friction than it takes for you to send a message to a friend replying "haha."

    Danny Wong: The 30 Most Underrated Innovations of 2010 Danny Wong 2011

  • The fact that you think the government is going to take taxpayer dollars and start the next Google shows how mind numbingly dumb you are.

    Matthew Yglesias » “Taking Money From One Place and Giving it To Another Place” 2010

  • In only a few years time, the equity markets have jumped from two exchanges to more than 50 trading venues, becoming so mind-numbingly complex that even professional traders have difficulty telling you with confidence what happens to their orders.

    Jeff Connaughton: Where Are the Cops on Wall Street? Jeff Connaughton 2011

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