tedium
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
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How to use tedium in a sentence
Then there’s the part about his life-threatening activism, a tale that starts and ends this book …And so, beware at the unevenness of this memoir, but understand that the tedium doesn’t linger.
‘Two Omars’ is uneven, but remarkable memoir | Terri Schlichenmeyer | October 9, 2021 | Washington BladeIt keeps getting uttered out loud by players and coaches even in a sport languishing in the boredom of boardrooms and the tedium of mergers and acquisitions.
The capital of love — and college football — will be at Iowa State this Saturday | Chuck Culpepper | September 10, 2021 | Washington PostIf we want to make progress, that requires the kind of persistence and tedium that is not glamorous.
Why it took 100 years for America to learn about the Tulsa massacre | Fabiola Cineas | May 30, 2021 | VoxIf you’re like most Americans, the past year has been a time of fear, anxiety and often profound tedium—but also of worsening dietary habits.
All Over the U.S., People Have Gained Weight During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Jeffrey Kluger | March 24, 2021 | TimeGetting shots to more people would bring a quicker end to the tedium.
The work is ceaseless and routine to the point of tedium—and almost half of primary-care physicians are burnt out.
What is it about bleakness and tedium that are so attractive, other than the fact that most people instinctively recoil from it?
A third night in hospital for Kate tonight, but the tedium was relieved by a visit from brother James and sister Pippa.
He advised diners to flee “right back out the door … you will be spared an infinitely larger measure of tedium.”
Guy Fieri Battles Scathing New York Times Review by Pete Wells | Katie Baker | November 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSince I loathe the tedium of gym workouts, I take breaks for tennis with my eclectic group of tennis pals.
How I Write: Erik Larson Revisits ‘Isaac’s Storm’ | Noah Charney | October 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTom and Blanche had fallen into teasing tricks, a sort of melancholy play to relieve the tedium.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeEverything that wealth and loving care could secure was provided by Bruce to lessen the tedium of the journey.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe CarteretIdleness is the friend of love; and passengers have little or nothing to do to while away the tedium of a voyage.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick MarryatHe then begged the patriarch to give him some books to copy, to rid himself of the tedium of his idleness.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxeI certainly do not believe that the Martians are subjected to the tedium of walking.
Pharaoh's Broker | Ellsworth Douglass
British Dictionary definitions for tedium
/ (ˈtiːdɪəm) /
the state of being bored or the quality of being boring; monotony
Origin of tedium
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