as in wearisome
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But the film never achieves the heights of the classic actioners that clearly inspired it, and its overuse of familiar genre tropes (for once, can’t the main villain be uncharismatic, like so many in real life?) soon becomes wearisome.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025 -
Plus, a tiny bathroom with a lukewarm shower and scratchy towels can make even the best hotels feel wearisome rather than wonderful.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Jan. 2025
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Jay Baruchel, so affecting in 2023’s BlackBerry, is less successful, his withering nasal drone growing tiresome across the film’s 110-minute runtime.—
Staff Author,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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The tiresome, overconfident Musk finished second (29.3 percent), while an endless, if barely audible, drumbeat for Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle series was enough to earn the duchess third place (12.7 percent).—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
8 Mar. 2025
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Scientists at two leading national laboratories under the U.S. Department of Energy are pioneering solutions to solve the growing and tedious problem of recycling e-waste.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Hoping to find a fan that would take the job seriously, the Ballers made the application process long and tedious.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Operose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operose. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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