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TEDIOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dullness owing to length or slowness

Synonyms:

tediousness; tedium; tiresomeness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("tediousness" is a kind of...):

dullness (the quality of lacking interestingness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tediousness"):

drag (something tedious and boring)

Derivation:

tedious (using or containing too many words)

tedious (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness)

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