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tedious

[ tee-dee-uhs, tee-juhs ]
/ ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs /
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adjective

marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker, a writer, or the work they produce; prolix.

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Origin of tedious

1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin tēdiōsus,Late Latin taediōsus.See tedium, -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM tedious

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Words related to tedious

annoying, boring, dreary, tiring, exhausting, humdrum, banal, tiresome, laborious, uninteresting, endless, arid, drab, dragging, dry, dusty, insipid, irksome, lifeless, mortal

Example sentences from the Web for tedious

British Dictionary definitions for tedious

tedious
/ (ˈtiːdɪəs) /

adjective

causing fatigue or tedium; monotonous
obsolete progressing very slowly

Derived forms of tedious

tediously, adverbtediousness, noun
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