arduousness

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In the 1930s, however, radio — which was more transformative than what it paved the way for: television — became, Stirewalt says, a passively absorbed alternative to the comparative arduousness of literacy.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022

At the same time, the uncommonness of his big-picture analysis and the apparent difficulty of tracking down Cops’ more reluctant participants speak to their arduousness.

From Slate • May 24, 2019

The arduousness of the career and the elusiveness of its rewards result in some other common characteristics, which Johnson enumerates: determination, passion, and innovative thinking.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2014

It’s heartbreakingly beautiful, poignant to real parents, especially since it doesn’t glamorize the arduousness of the task.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2013

They vary in arduousness: all would be marked "heavy work" in a job specification.

From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford