onerous

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Recovering money after the fact is so much more onerous than intervening while it’s happening.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Other reforms include streamlining the process for collective Cabinet agreement of government policy, which are said to involve "onerous" exchanges of letters between departments.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The new requirements are hardly onerous, but union leaders are in a panic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

There are also growing hopes that regulators in Washington will relax the most onerous of bank capital requirements that had been instituted since the 2008-09 financial crisis.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The insubstantial frost feathers ensured that those last twenty feet remained hard, scary, onerous.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer