be tedious
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His splendid book is devoted to a topic—the health benefits derived from exposure to high temperatures—that could be tedious in the wrong hands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
"This will be tedious work, make lots of enemies & compensation is zero," he posted on X.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025
“This will be tedious work, make lots of enemies & compensation is zero,” he wrote on X.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024
Well, that and the fact that people really do talk a lot about real estate, a subject that somehow manages to be tedious and thrilling, crass and impersonal all at once.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2024
To examine in detail the whole of Justin's quotations would be tedious and unnecessary.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard