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tedious

[tee-dee-uhs, tee-juhs]

adjective

  1. marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome.

    tedious tasks; a tedious journey.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  2. wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker, a writer, or the work they produce; prolix.



tedious

/ ˈپːɪə /

adjective

  1. causing fatigue or tedium; monotonous

  2. obsoleteprogressing very slowly

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • tediously adverb
  • tediousness noun
  • overtedious adjective
  • overtediously adverb
  • overtediousness noun
  • untedious adjective
  • untediously adverb
  • ˈٱ徱dzܲԱ noun
  • ˈٱ徱dzܲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tedious1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin ŧ徱ōܲ, Late Latin ٲ徱ōܲ, from taedi(um) tedium + -ōܲ -ous
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Recalibrating his swing amid wildly fluctuating weight, on the other hand, has been a more tedious process.

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A repetitive, tedious, mechanically determined routine is her present and her future, stretching into infinity.

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The closer scorecards reflected how neither fighter asserted their dominance in the tedious contest.

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I can get the reasoning to build out his role, but the gags are clunky from the get-go, including a tedious stretch in which Braxton whines about his urgent desire to adopt a corgi.

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“Mostly women sit there at sewing machines all day doing very, very tedious work. ... If this is what he thinks these tariffs will do, it’s not going to work that way.”

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