Tedious meaning

tē'dē-əs
Tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring.
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Moving or progressing very slowly.
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Boring, monotonous, time consuming, wearisome.
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The definition of tedious is something that is boring and repetitive.

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

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Full of tedium; long or verbose and wearisome; tiresome; boring.
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Origin of tedious

Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium").

Sentence Examples

  • It gets tedious, but I get a kick out of doing it that way.

  • The production of this is always a tedious task.

  • This method is very tedious in detail.

  • Exact analysis is difficult and tedious, and consequently the laboratory methods are not employed in technology, where time is an important factor and moderate accuracy is all that is necessary.

  • After tedious negotiations he was obliged to yield to the demands of his enemies, and peace was made at Gerstungen in 1074.

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