onerousness
noun[U]
formaluk/ˈəʊ.nər.əs.nəs/us/ˈɑː.nɚ.əs.nəs/thequalityof being verydifficultorneedinga lot ofeffort:
I had noideaof the onerousness of thejourneythat was tofollow.
Theycomplainedabout the onerousness and thedifficultyofroutinework.
See
onerous
- Theyearnvastlydifferentwages,althoughthe onerousness ofworkand theskillrequirementsare verysimilar.
- Shefoundmembershipof thecouncilaburdenofgreatonerousness.
- The onerousness of thetaskreducedtheresponserate.
Complexity
- advanced
- all-singing
- baroque
- be more tosomethingthan meets the eyeidiom
- bleeding-edge
- delicacy
- finicky
- high-tech
- indirectly
- insolubility
- intractability
- multifarious
- ornate
- ornately
- over-elaborate
- over-fussy
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- ultra-sophisticated
- wheels within wheelsidiom