tedious task

collocation in English

meaningsoftediousandtask

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tedious
adjective
uk
/ˈtiː.di.əs/
us
/ˈtiː.di.əs/
boring:
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task
noun
uk
/tɑːsk/
us
/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition oftediousandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftedious task

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This is atedioustaskthat requires a fair amount of experience.
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Their system performs trace extraction whereas we rely on an already available tracer; this saves us atedioustaskwhich has already been done and optimized.
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Indeed, listening to the work's recording is a rathertedioustask, entirely lacking the excitement that the composer was so proud about.
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The editor, a leading expert in this branch of scholarship, has performed this demanding andtedioustaskwith her accustomed care and attention to detail.
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The automatic calculation of values frees the user from thetedioustaskof doing those calculations manually.
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Yet we should perhaps be more grateful : compiling such a dictionary is bound to be a difficult andtedioustask.
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Due to the strong separation of input and output, however, it becomes a verytedioustaskto program a realistic application.
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To our knowledge combining monads of different type is a rathertedioustaskwhich forms a serious practical restriction on its use.
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The algebraic solution of 304 coupled linear equations in 274 variables is atedioustask, even with the aid of computer algebra packages.
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Review articles allow the physician to rely on others to carry out the complex andtedioustaskof information synthesis.
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We should offer our deepest sympathy to all who have been engaged in thistedioustask.
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That is not an insuperable obstacle, but it would be atedioustask.
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It was atedioustaskfor former school teachers and former bank managers to sign on at benefit offices simply to get credited with their national insurance contributions.
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Being a member of a parliamentary assembly abroad is atedioustaskinvolving long hours and expensive meals and accommodation.
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I was greatly impressed by the professional efficiency and loyalty with which an oftentedioustaskwas being conducted.
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For instance, they are now engaged in the rathertedioustaskof shedding those routes which they undertook and on which the railway service was suspended.
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It is atedioustaskwhich goes on week in, week out, and it is performed with notable accuracy.
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Automated car park systems save time, money, space and simplify the oftentedioustaskof parking.
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