tedium

Noun

Meaning

Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.

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Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. Arthur Helps

On graduating from school, a studious young man who would withstand the tedium and monotony of his duties has no choice but to lose himself in some branch of science or literature completely irrelevant to his assignment. Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

Do you find coming to terms with the mindless tedium of it all presents an interesting challenge? Douglas Adams

The old notion that brevity is the essence of wit has succumbed to the modern idea that tedium is the essence of quality. Russell Baker

And, having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense. Arnold Bennett

Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity. Erma Bombeck

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