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tedious definition

te·di·ous (tē′dē əs; occas. tē′jəs)

adjective

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

Etymology: ME < LL taediosus

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tedious Synonyms

tedious

modif.

slow, wearisome, tiresome; see dull 4.


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tedious Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • find: A confession is in order here: I did find the last few score pages rather tedious.

Modifies a noun

  • dimwit: Of course, Nikki will be voted back in, but she was voted out fair and square because she is a tedious dimwit!

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: He referred him to the rather tedious answers we tended to give in these situations.

Preposition: after

  • while: They are extremely talented musically, but their songs are somewhat dodgy and get tedious after a while.

Infinitive complement

  • read: These chapters, stuffed full of tables and statistical results, are a bit tedious to read, and perhaps could have been shortened.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Perhaps the main revelation was how, with the benefit of hindsight, the whole Doherty saga seems so damn tedious.

Preposition: in

  • extreme: However, such an approach would have been tedious in the extreme to read.
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