tedium
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Artificial intelligence could cut the time and tedium of preparing your 2025 tax return.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
Mindlessly churning through the tedium of business is JR’s superpower, which he unleashes with an initial stock purchase after a class field trip to Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
It is "a turgid eyesore" and "top-dollar tedium", according to the Times.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
Cooking at home was both a necessity and a tedium.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024
In a sense, this pursuit of the Ph.D. was a bore to a mind that worked too fast to be satisfied with the tedium involved in thesis research.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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