be tedious

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.

In practice, however, this is of little use -- after all, it would be tedious to repeatedly irradiate the wall with intense UV light in order to drive the self-cleaning process.

These can be tedious and sometimes costly to obtain.

As Brian Beutler of Off Message writes, "typecasting an opposition leader" may be tedious, but it's politically necessary.

Getting rid of it will be tedious, but not difficult.