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Meaning of tedious

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  tedious
      adj 1: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a
             boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening
             effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his
             competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who
             couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task
             the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious
             days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"-
             Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully
             wearisome" [syn: {boring}, {deadening}, {dull}, {ho-hum},
             {irksome}, {slow}, {tedious}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}]
      2: using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy)
         speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods";
         "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials";
         "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" [syn: {long-
         winded}, {tedious}, {verbose}, {windy}, {wordy}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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