tediousness
/'ti:djəsnis/ Cách viết khác : (tedium) /'ti:djəm/
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Definition
Noun: - The quality or state of being tedious; wearisome dullness or monotony: Tediousness refers to the state of causing boredom or mental fatigue due to being too long, slow, or repetitive.
Usage and Examples
- General Use: The word describes the characteristic of something that is boring and seems to last too long.
- The tediousness of the lecture made it hard for the students to stay awake.
- She complained about the tediousness of data entry work.
Advanced Usage
- Formal/Descriptive Contexts: Often used in formal writing or detailed descriptions to critique processes, speeches, or tasks.
- The report was accurate but its sheer tediousness undermined its impact.
- He captured the tediousness of the bureaucratic procedure perfectly in his novel.
Variants and Related Words
- Tedious (adjective): boring and tiring, especially because of length or dullness.
- a tedious journey
- Tedium (noun): the state of being tedious; another word for tediousness.
- the tedium of routine tasks
Synonyms
- Monotony: lack of variety and interest; tedious repetition.
- Dullness: the quality of being uninteresting or boring.
- Boredom: the state of feeling bored.
- Tiresomeness: the quality of causing one to feel bored or annoyed.
Antonyms
- Excitement: a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.
- Engagement: the state of being involved or interested.
- Stimulation: the action of arousing interest or enthusiasm.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- A tedious business: A phrase used to describe a task or situation that is annoyingly slow, long, or dull.
- Filling out all these forms is a tedious business.
- Sink into tedium: To gradually become very boring.
- The meeting sank into tedium after the first hour.
Noun
- dullness owing to length or slowness