tediousness
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- noun
- /ˈtiːdiəsnəs/
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tediosidad
- Many students struggle with the tediousness of studying for long exams.
- the tediousness of life
Examples
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Their open responses frequently mentioned the various shortcomings of public education, its tediousness, its dryness, and its monotony.
Academic text (2002) -
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.
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Maybe it was the tediousness of the task, maybe the thought of unearthing the dead.
Fiction book (2000) -
The boy's satisfaction with the efficiency of the come-along soon disappeared as he was confronted with the tediousness of the operation.
Fiction book (2001) -
He blames her prostration on the tediousness of provincial life.
Academic text (2003) -
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.
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Webster then goes on to say that patience implies the bearing of suffering, provocation, delay, tediousness, etc., with calmness and self-control.
Academic text (2003) -
The tediousness of the lecture made it hard for students to stay awake.
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After hours of repetition, the tediousness of the task became unbearable.
Synonyms
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A boring feeling when things are the same again and again
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Boring, hard work that you do again and again
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Feeling bored from doing the same thing for a long time
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A state that makes you lose interest
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Something that is not interesting or exciting
A boring feeling caused by something that lasts a long time
A lack of new ideas that makes something seem dull and familiar
Antonyms
How Boring
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tediousness comes from the Latin taedium, meaning 'weariness' or 'boredom', and it shares the same root as the English word tedium. Think of it as the feeling you get during a long, slow job when you grow tired and fed up. That's why tediousness describes the quality of being boring and wearisome.