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tedious

[tee-dee-uhs, tee-juhs] / ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs /


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Going through the specifics will feel less tedious if the tone is one of excitement.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

There could be a lot of tedious games, until we get to knockout football.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Too much of the program is made up of tedious movies by beloved Cannes veterans — essentially affirmative action for auteurs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Whenever someone likes to claim that the moon landing was faked — a fairly tedious conversation, even as conspiracy theories go — my general response is to ask, “OK, which one?”

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

C. P. Ellis: hurting and hurtful, possessed of all the tedious, creaking, accumulated hatreds of the South, and yet guileless and—Riddick believed—essentially honorable.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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