as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
a long and tedious staff meeting
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Recent Examples of tedious
Their analysis suggests professors tend to automate more tedious and routine work, including financial and administrative tasks.
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Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Studios are experimenting with it across the production chain; it’s used to accelerate visual effects, digitally retouch actors, and streamline tedious postproduction work (and perhaps eliminate jobs in the process).
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
For tedious dish-washing that takes more than five minutes, make sure to invest in these plush anti-fatigue mats that better support your feet.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
That result will mean more cash for seedy gambling sites to spend on tedious Kevin Hart-LeBron James commercials.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
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Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Studios are experimenting with it across the production chain; it’s used to accelerate visual effects, digitally retouch actors, and streamline tedious postproduction work (and perhaps eliminate jobs in the process).
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
For tedious dish-washing that takes more than five minutes, make sure to invest in these plush anti-fatigue mats that better support your feet.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
That result will mean more cash for seedy gambling sites to spend on tedious Kevin Hart-LeBron James commercials.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tedious
Adjective
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Anyone who suggests Guardiola’s title-winning Manchester City teams were boring should be forced to watch 90 minutes of Mourinho’s Chelsea versus Rafael Benitez’s Liverpool in the mid-2000s and report back.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The details might be boring, but the gathering of money—searching gem dealers, gold dealers—was a full-time job.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With the departure of disgraced co-creator Justin Roiland after the third season, the show has been steadily improving in quality, with a tremendous cast and some very funny done-in-one episodes that don't have the sometimes tiring cynicism of R&M.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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However, some Republicans have spoken out against her and recently reported that some administration officials are tiring of her, suggesting her influence is not unbridled.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Audition is a slow burn, spending the better part of two hours setting up audiences for arguably one of the most graphic climaxes in horror history.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Tai chi is a form of exercise that involves slow, gentle movements and balancing poses.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But, God, to be able to play a Pablo Escobar who was just petty and wanted friends, there was something so stupid and so hilarious about that to me.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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Keaton continued to play oddballs with a peculiar way of talking, though none were trivial or stupid.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Reeves delivers on all phases of his character arc, making a potentially dull and earnest character soar.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The text is excitable and wayward, while many of the photographs are dramatically dull.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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If the weather’s not quite suited for alfresco hangs, a subterranean level has an indoor pool, plus a sauna for relaxing your weary muscles.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
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Sandler in particular is already generating Oscars hype with his performance as Clooney’s weary, longtime manager, Ron.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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About 1,300 people from around the world -- ranging from children as young as 12 years old to elite athletes -- participated in the race.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Oct. 2025
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The last one – the last out of a game, say, or the last victory in a playoff series – is considered the hardest one to achieve, if old adages and the like are to be believed.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Just past the cattle-ranching town of Bridgeport in northern California, near the border of Nevada, this deserted mining community is frozen in time along its dusty desert road.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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The fan grates in the walk-in cooler were dusty, and the walk-in freezer evaporator lacked part covers.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Tedious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tedious. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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