Word of the Day - Tedious

[Jace]

Word of the Day - Tedious...adj.

Def.: Tiresome or something due to extreme length ; wearisome; moving or progressing very slowly.

We have all gone through some Tedious times, wondering when things will improve.

 

[hollydolly]

I use the word tedious very often to describe a certain tiresome or boring situation

 

[ohioboy]

Writing the Divine Comedy was very tedious for Dante A., as it took 13 years.

 

[Kaila]

Thank you for that interesting reference , @ohioboy
I looked that up, and I found this fascinating......

From Wikipedia:
The Divine Comedy is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife.......

 

[Kaila]

In recent years, I find it extremely tedious, whenever something suddenly occurs, that has gone amiss, and needs to be sorted out,

such as billing errors, or incorrect penalty charges for something.

It is even very tedious for me to try to sign up for anything,
which invariably involves reams of policies and conditions that must be agreed upon, in order to complete any action.

 

[Lavinia]

I used to find some school subjects very tedious, because the teachers themselves seemed bored.

 

[Bretrick]

Participating in the rat race of life day after day becomes tedious in the extreme