as in boredom
the state of being bored
the tedium of spending a rainy afternoon trapped inside the house
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Recent Examples of tedium
Enthusiasm aside, the tedium of those first few weeks was tough.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Dec. 2025
Unfortunately, this results in tedium, annoyance, sometimes even rage; there are few things more infuriating than a movie about magic that has no magic in it.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Game 3 of the World Series was a stone-cold thriller, with peaks of high drama and longueurs of exquisitely tense tedium.
—Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
The resort’s Western hospitality is legendary, saving guests the hassle of planning and the tedium of ski lift lines.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Dec. 2025
Unfortunately, this results in tedium, annoyance, sometimes even rage; there are few things more infuriating than a movie about magic that has no magic in it.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Game 3 of the World Series was a stone-cold thriller, with peaks of high drama and longueurs of exquisitely tense tedium.
—Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
The resort’s Western hospitality is legendary, saving guests the hassle of planning and the tedium of ski lift lines.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tedium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tedium
boredom
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The design was inspired by the hair-tearing boredom of COVID lockdown-era remote work, a time in which Knafs founder Ben Petersen maintained sanity during Zoom calls by fidgeting around with pocket knives and doodling pictures.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Mar. 2026
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Throughout all of human history, boredom was just part of life.—
Arthur C. Brooks
March 22,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Tedium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tedium. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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