as in boredom
the state of being bored
the tedium of spending a rainy afternoon trapped inside the house
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Recent Examples of tedium
And tedium leads to boredom which can lead to distraction which can lead to accidents.
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Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Gray walls, harsh lighting, stiff hierarchies, mystifying rules, endless reams of paper: the tedium and repressiveness of bureaucratic work is proverbial.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Catholicism offers ritual without the tedium of rationality; anarchism offers revolutionary action against inequality without the taint of materialism, the prospect of personal gain.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Needless to say, these navies have spent decades and millions of dollars studying the effects of this isolation with an eye to keeping the crews at peak efficiency and mental health in an environment that combines tedium and great stress.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2024
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Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Gray walls, harsh lighting, stiff hierarchies, mystifying rules, endless reams of paper: the tedium and repressiveness of bureaucratic work is proverbial.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Catholicism offers ritual without the tedium of rationality; anarchism offers revolutionary action against inequality without the taint of materialism, the prospect of personal gain.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Needless to say, these navies have spent decades and millions of dollars studying the effects of this isolation with an eye to keeping the crews at peak efficiency and mental health in an environment that combines tedium and great stress.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for tedium
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“Tedium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tedium. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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