as in wearisome
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Adjective
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In doing so, the latter half of the series becomes wearisome and dull.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
29 May 2025 -
And while that may be understood going in, buyers can fail to appreciate how wearisome and costly long commutes become over time, or how isolated those used to having a social network close by can start to feel, Malone said.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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The first hour of Final Reckoning is the most tiresome stretch of all eight Mission films.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
30 May 2025
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The tiresome boys in DiRusso’s songs—with their insecurities and their misery—seem to be timeless.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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The young Andrii’s first thought was this tedious job should to be done by a robot.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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But during a 2017 appearance at a conference in China, Cook expressed doubt about whether the U.S. labor pool had enough workers with the vocational skills required to do the painstaking and tedious work that Lutnick was discussing.—
Michael Liedtke,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Operose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operose. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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