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Meanings of tedious in English

So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.

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Using or containing too many words.

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Usage of tedious in English
1
The second half began in a fashion that was actually quite tedious.
The Guardian
2
It was tedious work but strangely satisfying to him, building a case.
Book of shadows
3
The comparison is tedious and spun out; but the idea is poetic.
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and...
4
The work was tedious, the hours long, but crime was unheard of.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
5
The journey across the heath was tedious; the clouds only passed rapidly.
The True Story of My Life: A Sketch
6
You share details, whether tedious or important, and you're afraid I'll...what, exactly?
Here comes trouble
7
The work outside was neither hard nor heavy, just freezing and tedious.
I'm in No Mood for Love
8
She had to use a dictionary constantly, which made it tedious work.
Legacy: a novel
9
Or the angina; I know the angina business must have gotten tedious.
Ladder of years: a novel
10
No need to go through the tedious download of a 100-page-plus issue.
The Guardian
11
There followed a tedious debate, a muddy flow of gabble and balderdash.
In the Year of Jubilee
12
A tedious affair, but for several reasons, I am obliged to go.
The viscount and the virgin
13
So we began the long and tedious business of a parallel search.
The Pariah
14
After almost four hours of tedious, repetitive work, he was becoming fatigued.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
15
In the tedious hours from the space platform he'd thought too much.
Operation: Outer Space
16
The young lady was ugly; my journey was a rather tedious one.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
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Tedious through the time
Tedious across language varieties
United Kingdom
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
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