tedium

an uninteresting task or situation

TRANSLATION

die Langeweile, die Eintönigkeit, der Überdruss

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"I remember the TEDIUM of the first day of my first teaching post. In the staff meeting, the headmaster spent an hour giving a full summer examination result analysis from a lectern."

(Roger Bailey - NCSL - 2Sept. 2002)

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tedium

Noun: the feeling of being bored by something tedious

From the Latin taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it wearies one

Synonym: boredom, tediousness, tiresomeness, ennui

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