1
: the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
also
: boredom
2
: a tedious period of time
Examples of tedium in a Sentence
The movie was three hours of tedium.
I took a day off to relieve the tedium of work.
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Game 3 of the World Series was a stone-cold thriller, with peaks of high drama and longueurs of exquisitely tense tedium.
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Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
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—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
The resort’s Western hospitality is legendary, saving guests the hassle of planning and the tedium of ski lift lines.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
But there’s something more to the Kalimotxo, something that seems to be immune to sophomoric tedium or mixological condescension, something that keeps people going back decade after decade.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
Ti West, who scored double horror hits last year with X and Pearl, commits almost too well to the sightseeing tedium of a typical vacation video.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tedium
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“Tedium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tedium. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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