Tedious

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Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome. I see a man's life is a tedious one. - Shak. I would not be tedious to the court. - Bunyan.

Adj.	1.	tedious - 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" Synonyms: boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, tiresome, wearisome, dull, slow
	2.	tedious - 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" Synonyms: long-winded, verbose, windy, wordy

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