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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Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
Ti West, who scored double horror hits last year with X and Pearl, commits almost too well to the sightseeing tedium of a typical vacation video.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Arteta has avoided the relentless tedium of contract talk.
—Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
They’re meant to be used on highways to, for example, take the tedium out of long-distance highway driving.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 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 21 Dec. 2024.
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