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onerous

[on-er-uhs, oh-ner-]

adjective

  1. burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship.

    onerous duties.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  2. having or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages.

    an onerous agreement.



onerous

/ ˈəʊ-, ˈɒnərəs /

adjective

  1. laborious or oppressive

  2. law (of a contract, lease, etc) having or involving burdens or obligations that counterbalance or outweigh the advantages

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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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of onerous1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin DzԱōܲ, equivalent to oner- (stem of onus ) burden + -ōܲ -ous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of onerous1

C14: from Latin DzԱōܲ burdensome, from onus load
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In theory, if the Democrats take back control of Congress, they could reverse some of Trump's most onerous policies.

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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.

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As that penalty is spread over the length of the contract, which runs to 2035, the damage on an annual basis is not onerous.

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With an onerous non-compete benching him for two years, finding another job in his field is out of the question.

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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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