Sisyphean
si·syp·hean
adjective
1.
of or relating to Sisyphus
Origin
From Sisyphus + -ean, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos). Sisyphus was a Greek mythical figure who was doomed to endlessly roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, only to have it roll back down again.
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