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tedious

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tedious in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  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"
    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"
    long-winded  tedious  verbose  windy  wordy 
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