automatic vs mind-numbing

automatic

adj
  • Done out of habit or without conscious thought. 

  • An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns. 

  • Capable of operating without external control or intervention. 

  • Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls. 

  • Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted. 

  • Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc. 

  • Having one or more finite-state automata. 

noun
  • A car with automatic transmission. 

  • A semi-automatic pistol. 

mind-numbing

adj
  • Excessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation. 

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