as in boredom
the state of being bored
the tedium of spending a rainy afternoon trapped inside the house
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Recent Examples of tedium
For the director’s detractors, these can be chunks of pure tedium, indicative of his hands-off, fly-on-the wall approach to cinema.
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
Long-distance truckers have for decades used them to tolerate the tedium of the road.
—Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Relieving the tedium of daily life, especially for the women who endure it most, has been the powerful motivation for many of the most innovative businesses of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
—Pat Butler, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
But at that difficulty, humans had only been able to force their way through the slaughter level in multi-segment runs, exploiting save states to preserve their best performances and break up the nerve-wracking tedium.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2025
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
Long-distance truckers have for decades used them to tolerate the tedium of the road.
—Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Relieving the tedium of daily life, especially for the women who endure it most, has been the powerful motivation for many of the most innovative businesses of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
—Pat Butler, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
But at that difficulty, humans had only been able to force their way through the slaughter level in multi-segment runs, exploiting save states to preserve their best performances and break up the nerve-wracking tedium.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tedium
boredom
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As seen only in the episodes, the major arcs of this season of Love Island have been tedious to the point of boredom.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
9 July 2025
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This can stem from boredom or a desire for stimulation, or even a territorial instinct to protect the dog's territory against intruders.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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“Tedium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tedium. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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