tedium

American  

[tee-dee-uhm] / ˈti di əm /

noun

1. the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.

   Synonyms:

   dullness, sameness, monotony

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tedium British  

/ ˈtiːdɪəm /

noun

1. the state of being bored or the quality of being boring; monotony

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Etymology

Origin of tedium

First recorded in 1655–65, tedium is from the Latin word taedium

Example Sentences

Artificial intelligence could cut the time and tedium of preparing your 2025 tax return.

From Barron's

I will admit there is still the tedium of being forced to do arithmetic until my mind aches.

From Literature

Some matches drag on in interminable tedium, others are over in the blink of an eye.

From BBC

In the seesawing tedium of daily traffic, slow and fast, the e-motor silently and seamlessly supports the big V8 in those few hundred milliseconds it takes to spool up.

From The Wall Street Journal

But success created an “omnivore monoculture,” an infinite tedium of false novelty such as Lil Nas X’s medley of hip-hop and country clichés, “Old Town Road.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• banality
• boredom
• ennui