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te·di·ous

s) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring. See Synonyms at boring.
Obsolete Moving or progressing very slowly.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Late Latin taedisus, from Latin taedium, tedium

OTHER FORMS:
tedi·ous·ly(Adverb), tedi·ous·ness(Noun)

Thesaurus: synonyms for tedious

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