chronic
KRON-ikadjMeaning lasting a long time, or coming back again and again
Memory hook CHRON = TIME: trouble that lasts a long TIME. The kitchen faucet has dripped every day for a whole year: drip, drip, drip. The leak is chronic.
Kai is a chronic latecomer: he has missed the first bell every day this month.
In context The leaky faucet was not a one-time problem but a chronic one; no matter how often it was fixed, the dripping started again within a week.
Similar long-lasting, persistent, recurring, habitual
Opposite brief, temporary, occasional
From Greek chronikos, “having to do with time,” from chronos, “time.”