Sisyphean (adjective)
Pronunciation: [si-sê-'fee-ên]
Definition: Endlessly laborious and futile; also, related to Sisyphus, as "the Sisyphean story" (see Etymology).
Usage: A friend of today's correspondent once was the official ombudsman (See our archives at ombudsman) for New York City—a sisyphean task if ever there was one. There is no other form of today's word, but we don't need one. "Sisyphean" tells of bearing up under a lost cause better than any other word in English. The adjective is usually capitalized despite the fact that it has long been commonized.
////////////////Life can only be understood backwards, but it has to be lived forwards.
— Søren Kierkegaard
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"Healthy Foods = Low Calorie Foods?"
////////////////////To truly hear you must quiet the mind.
~Unknown~
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