1
: the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
also
: boredom
2
: a tedious period of time
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Examples of tedium in a Sentence
The movie was three hours of tedium.
I took a day off to relieve the tedium of work.
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The educational tedium of Epcot was in a way the most agonizing: the six-minute Journey into Imagination, the fifteen-minute Spaceship Earth, the twenty-minute Living with the Land, and especially Ellen’s Energy Adventure, a forty-five-minute ordeal starring Ellen Degeneres and Bill Nye.
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Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The star, who initially waved off the idea of a second season of the comic book series, has softened in recent months, and a few awards should ease the tedium of hours spent in the makeup chair.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
Molnar captures the isolation, despair and mind-breaking tedium of early motherhood with scrupulous precision.
—Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
Family-friendly Offerings The Ritz approaches the usual kids' club tedium with some actually clever ideas.
—Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
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Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The star, who initially waved off the idea of a second season of the comic book series, has softened in recent months, and a few awards should ease the tedium of hours spent in the makeup chair.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
Molnar captures the isolation, despair and mind-breaking tedium of early motherhood with scrupulous precision.
—Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
Family-friendly Offerings The Ritz approaches the usual kids' club tedium with some actually clever ideas.
—Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for tedium
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“Tedium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tedium. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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