Meaning & use
tedium
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The state of being tedious; extreme monotony and boredom.
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The long car ride was broken up only by snacks and games to fight the tedium.
He described the tedium of data entry as the hardest part of the job.
A note on using this word
A somewhat formal or literary word; 'boredom' is the more common everyday equivalent.
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