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onerous
[on-er-uhs, oh-ner-]
adjective
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship.
onerous duties.
Synonyms: , , ,having or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages.
an onerous agreement.
onerous
/ ˈəʊ-, ˈɒnərəs /
adjective
laborious or oppressive
law (of a contract, lease, etc) having or involving burdens or obligations that counterbalance or outweigh the advantages
Other 51Թ Forms
- onerously adverb
- onerousness noun
- onerosity noun
- nononerous adjective
- nononerously adverb
- nononerousness noun
- unonerous adjective
- unonerously adverb
- unonerousness noun
- ˈDzԱdzܲ adverb
- ˈDzԱdzܲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of onerous1
Example Sentences
In theory, if the Democrats take back control of Congress, they could reverse some of Trump's most onerous policies.
The people who don't have the time or money to go through the onerous process of a doctor's appointment are more likely to be working class or poor.
As that penalty is spread over the length of the contract, which runs to 2035, the damage on an annual basis is not onerous.
With an onerous non-compete benching him for two years, finding another job in his field is out of the question.
CEO Bob Iger, Carr said he was concerned that ABC was “attempting to extract onerous financial and operational concessions from local broadcast TV stations under the threat of terminating long-held affiliations.”
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