Tedious can be categorized as an adjective.
Adjective |
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| tedious - using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" | ||
| tedious - so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" |
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| 1. | adj. | Tedious days on the train. | |
| 2. | adj. | The long wait at the airport was tedious. | |
| 3. | adj. | The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious. | |
| 4. | adj. | They are weary of their tedious work. | |
| 5. | adj. | Forty percent of the workforce are white-collar workers, most of whom have some of the most tedious and idiotic jobs ever concocted. | |
| 6. | adj. | It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. | |
| 7. | adj. | Your eccentricities can make you either charming or tedious. | |
| 8. | adj. | Thanks to you, the backlog of tedious work has been completed. | |
| 9. | adj. | Waiting for a train is tedious. | |
| 10. | adj. | There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper. | |
| 11. | adj. | Typing capital letters on a computer is somewhat tedious. | |
| 12. | adj. | Don't ask the same thing over and over again. I explained it properly to you already. It's getting tedious. | |
| 13. | adj. | The assignment was very difficult, requiring hours of tedious work. | |
| 14. | adj. | If all the year were a holiday, having fun would be as tedious as working. | |
| 15. | adj. | If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work. |
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| adj. | |
| Tedious days on the train. |
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| The long wait at the airport was tedious. | |
| The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious. | |
| They are weary of their tedious work. | |
| Forty percent of the workforce are white-collar workers, most of whom have some of the most tedious and idiotic jobs ever concocted. | |
| It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. | |
| Your eccentricities can make you either charming or tedious. | |
| Thanks to you, the backlog of tedious work has been completed. | |
| Waiting for a train is tedious. | |
| There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper. | |
| Typing capital letters on a computer is somewhat tedious. | |
| Don't ask the same thing over and over again. I explained it properly to you already. It's getting tedious. | |
| The assignment was very difficult, requiring hours of tedious work. | |
| If all the year were a holiday, having fun would be as tedious as working. | |
| If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work. | |