How to pronounce “deadening” in English

But in retrospect, does it really matter?But there's so much in the culture that is deadening.

Am I here today because I really asked a perfect question and somebody gave me a perfect answer?And there's a lot of use of these computers in ways that are mind-deadening.

And they're like, this story-- that idea is good, but they did so badly.as a reader, as a consumer, is terrible, can be kind of deadening.

human beings like lightbulbs. "Oops, a lightbulb burnt out. Go to the closet; get another one. 'Screw' it in." [audiencelaughter] Now, there's a notion out there that this kind of job is sort of inherently soul-hollowing -- inherently deadening -- but that's notthe case. So let's talk about a different way.

What happens? Zappos comes out of nowhere to be one of the highest customer-service-ranked companies in any industry in this country -- higherthan the Four Seasons. Okay? Taking this job that we think is inherently deadening, infusing it with some autonomy, boom! People perform, because we're not innatelypassive and inert. Let's talk about mastery.