soul-crushing 

adj., used to describe a dream-crushing, breaking, moment.

The soul-crushing moment, when your opponent lands a winning goal on table-soccer, but you've been try-hading all along.

soul-crushing by Naimru July 29, 2020

soul-crushing 

adj., used to describe a demeaning, overwhelming, deadly boring, or otherwise psychologically damaging corporate job...

"Working for Slowcubicledeath.com was sucking my humanity out... after the latest death march I decided to ditch that soul-crushing place and get myself a nice job at Microsoft."

soul-crushing by Anna South May 16, 2007

Soul Crushing 

v adj n. to voluntarily suspend a person's beliefs or thought process, in a shadow of doubt that everything they once adhered to was either bullshit or biased. This act usually incures the reciever to experience uncharacterized behavior or reasoning for any amount of time. Depending on where/how they were raised promotes longevity or eventual acceptance of said new philosophies or rationale.
This requires the producer to be well versed and most times either high(ly accredited) or drunk.

it can be induced with stronger force when reciever is under the influence as well.
*note: the grammatically correct but pointless dash between the two words is removed for extra umph!

adj. so-and-so from work sat there speechless after my soul crushing comment.

n. I did some wicked soul crushing last night on some narrowed-minded ladies last night, they didn't know how to react after I quoted thier own book on them.

v. You are soul crushing him with your philosophical talk!

Soul Crushing by nogoodnames July 7, 2010

Soul Crushing Task 

A simple task involving many small steps or the same simple task repeated many times across different data. Largely mindless but some level of attention must be paid in order to avoid having to repeat the entire task.

Having to go through the entire book and count the times the word 'and' was used was a Soul Crushing Task.

Soul Crushing Task by Scottrof October 20, 2008