tedious
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈtiːdiəs/
:
tedioso
- Some people find cleaning the house to be a tedious chore.
- a tedious task
- a tedious process
- tedious work
Most of what we do is tedious, time consuming.
- Most of what we do is tedious, time consuming.
- So this is some tedious work, guys.
- The bad news is that is super tedious and actually would take years.
- I'm writing something now so dense, so tedious, can't wait to talk about it.
- That was a very tedious process, like creating that pitch deck.
- So a very long, tedious, boring report.
- It sounds grueling and tedious and difficult, and it absolutely is.
- We do a lot of lot of tedious meetings back-to-back to back.
Examples
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"Looking at many different conditions used to be tedious and imprecise work," says Weiss.
Academic text (2011) -
Our good constable doesn't seem to realize that scientific investigation is a slow and tedious process.
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And if all of this seems rather tedious, then it very much is.
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As you can probably guess, it's an extremely tedious process.
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The bad news is that is super tedious and actually would take years.
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Tomorrow and all your remaining days will be exactly like today, a tedious collection of hours.
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This was extremely tedious to do and took ages.
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Collecting draft data under a wide range of field conditions is a tedious and time-consuming job.
Academic text (2013) -
The early afternoon is spent in chambers going through the tedious process of picking jurors.
Fiction book (1995) -
During the days, her life was filled with tedious chores and the long preparation of wedding items.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
721
1.0
Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient
182
1.3
Not interesting or lively
44
3.8
A gloomy, boring time that makes you feel sad or tired
37
4.1
Making you bored, annoyed, or mentally tired
21
7.2
Used so often that it feels boring
20
1.4
Not exciting and likely to make people bored
15
4.6
Lasting longer than needed and feeling tiring
14
6.5
So boring that you stop paying attention
14
5.3
Something that is boring because it has no variety
13
7.5
Lasting a very long time and making you bored or annoyed
9
7.9
Slow and heavy in movement or speech and often boring
9
6.5
Not exciting and having little variety
7
3.5
Not interesting or exciting
6
5.1
Showing the same thing again and again in a boring way
6
7.4
Making you feel annoyed or bored
5
8.1
Not interesting and making you feel bored
3
3.2
Not interesting or exciting
2
7.0
Makes you feel tired or bored because it is repetitive
1
6.9
Making something feel very dull and boring
1
9.9
Full of old or obvious ideas that seem important
Does not interest, excite, or make people feel energetic
Causes people to lose interest because it is dull
Very boring and hard to pay attention to
Antonyms
How Boring
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tedious comes from the old Latin word taedēre, which means 'to be weary' or 'to be bored'. So a tedious task makes you feel tired in your mind, and you can see the same idea in the English word tedium.