tedious

The definition of tedious is something that is boring and repetitive.

(adjective)

An example of tedious is the work that someone does on an assembly line.

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See tedious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

full of tedium; long or verbose and wearisome; tiresome; boring

Origin: ME < LL taediosus

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See tedious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring. See Synonyms at boring.
  2. Obsolete Moving or progressing very slowly.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Late Latin taediōsus

Origin: , from Latin taedium, tedium

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Related Forms:

  • teˈdi·ous·ly adverb
  • teˈdi·ous·ness noun

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