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/ˈtiː.dɪəs/
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/ˈti.di.əs/
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- Canada
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[ˈti.ɾi.əs]
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- Canada
- General-American
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/ˈti.d͡ʒəs/
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- Canada
- General-American
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/ˈtiː.di.əs/
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- New-Zealand
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[ˈtiː.ɾi.əs]
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- Australia
- New-Zealand
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ˈtiː.dɪəs
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ˈti.di.əs
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- US
Adjective
Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
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But in the mean time […] it looks all ſo like ſubterfuge and inveagling; it is ſo nauſeating and teadious a task, that no man thinks he ovvs the Author ſo much ſervice as to find out the reaſon of his ovvn Categoricalneſs for him.
However, upon a ſtrict Review, I blotted out ſeveral Paſſages of leſs Moment which were in my firſt Copy, for fear of being cenſured as tedious and trifling, whereof Travellers are often, perhaps not without Juſtice, accuſed.
John Gilpin's ſpouse ſaid to her dear, / Though wedded we have been / Theſe twice ten tedious years, yet we / No holiday have ſeen.
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[pages 24–25] The very fact that these commonplace authors are never more than half-conscious when they write, would be enough to account for their dulness of mind and the tedious things they produce. […] [page 26] The other kind of tediousness is only relative: a reader may find a work dull because he has no interest in the question treated of in it, and this means that his intellect is restricted. The best work may, therefore, be tedious subjectively, tedious, I mean, to this or that particular person; […]
Adjective
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
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a boring evening with uninteresting people
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
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a dull play
his competent but dull performance
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
tedious days on the train
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
using or containing too many words
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long-winded (or windy) speakers
verbose and ineffective instructional methods
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newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes