tediousness

  • 121tedium — te·di·um || tɪːdɪəm n. boredom, tediousness; monotonousness …

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  • 122tedious — adjective too long, slow, or dull. Derivatives tediously adverb tediousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. tedieus or late L. taediosus, from L. taedium (see tedium) …

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  • 123taedium — n. [L.] Wearisomeness, irksomeness, tiresomeness, tediousness …

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  • 124tedium — n. See tediousness …

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  • 125tedious — adjective boring, tiring, and continuing for a long time: a tedious lecture tediously adverb tediousness noun (U) …

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  • 126monotony — noun 1) the monotony of everyday life Syn: tedium, tediousness, lack of variety, dullness, boredom, repetitiveness, uniformity, routineness, wearisomeness, tiresomeness; lack of excitement, uneventfulness, dreariness, colorlessness,… …

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  • 127uniformity — noun 1) uniformity in tax law Syn: constancy, consistency, conformity, invariability, stability, regularity, evenness, homogeneity, equality, harmony Ant: variation 2) a dull uniformity …

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  • 128forced — forced, labored, strained, farfetched are comparable when they mean produced or kept up through effort and, therefore, neither natural nor easy nor spontaneous. Forced is the widest in range of application of any of these terms, being referred… …

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