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going in circles

ADJECTIVE

lost

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absent absorbed unconscious wasted

STRONG

abstracted bemused bewildered engrossed entranced musing perplexed preoccupied spellbound

WEAK

absentminded distrait dreamy faraway feeble ignorant inconscient rapt taken in taken up

Antonyms

STRONG

unoccupied

WEAK

accomplishing alive attentive aware cognizant

Example Sentences

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I was kind of going in and out, going in circles a bit.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

“Are you from here? We keep going in circles trying to find our Airbnb, and our GPS is going crazy.”

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2024

If you feel like conversations with him are going in circles, and are deepening the wound, it may indicate the need for couples counseling or that you need to break up.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

Between the relatively cheap haul for DeBrincat and Dach and the desperate pay for goalie Mrazek, they seemed to be going in circles.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

We seem to keep going in circles and have to ask for directions from tourists who are just as lost as we are.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

going in circles

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