tedious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.

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2. 2
   adj

   using or containing too many words

3. 3
   adj

   so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Etymology

English tedi(um) + -ous, from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”).