onerous

Example Sentences

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He also pointed out the U.S. proposal has less onerous demands and more generous carrots than pre-war positions.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 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

In New York, following a lobbying campaign by Meta, Google and others, Hochul tweaked Bores’s bill to make fines and transparency requirements less onerous and mirror California’s legislation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

With generous federal estate-tax exemptions made permanent in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year, trusts that were created years ago to shield wealth from onerous federal estate taxes may be obsolete.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Since there was still only the one telephone in town, her duties were not onerous.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly