Zachary Taylor

The appointing power vested in the president imposes delicate and onerous duties. So far as it is possible to be informed, I shall make honesty, capacity, and fidelity indispensable prerequisites to the disposal of office, and the absence of either of these qualities shall be deemed sufficient cause for removal.

American President

Michael Hirst

When you're making a TV drama, the showrunner is God, and so however onerous and difficult and consuming that responsibility is, you're being treated with respect, so it changes your whole outlook to the production. You're being asked about costumes, set design, music, every aspect of the show.

English Writer

Gina McCarthy

The EPA's greenhouse gas regulations, along with a host of other onerous regulations, are unnecessarily driving out conventional fuels as part of America's energy mix. The consequences are higher energy prices for families and a contraction of our nation's economic growth.

American Public Servant

Khaled Hosseini

The strange dilemma of the 'ethnic-fiction' writer is that you are supposed to carry a banner for your homeland, be a voice for it, and educate the rest of the world about it, but I think that's far too onerous a burden for any writer to bear.

Afghani Novelist

William Shatner

My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition.

Canadian Actor

Luciana Berger

Twitter has made some improvements on the site and it's important that you can report people - but when you are getting the level of abuse I was, it's an onerous task reporting each and every person.

British Politician

Gretchen Rubin

When accepting a responsibility, imagine that it's something that you'll have to do next week. That way you don't agree to something just because it seems so far off that it doesn't seem onerous.

American Author

P. J. O'Rourke

In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference.

American Comedian

Victoria Woodhull

Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.

American Activist

Amy Tan

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.

American Novelist

Use 'onerous' to describe tasks that feel overwhelmingly heavy or difficult.

Effort Intensity

'Onerous' conveys not only difficulty but also a sense of burden that can affect one's emotions.

Emotional Weight

While daunting, 'onerous' tasks can have a positive outcome or purpose.

Not Always Negative

'Onerous' in legal terms suggests an obligation that is strict and possibly disadvantageous.

Legal Rigor

In legal contexts, choosing 'onerous' can imply a judgment about fairness or reasonableness.

Careful Choice

'Onerous' can signal the need for careful review and negotiation of terms.

Negotiation Implications

 and saved for a day when they might actually need it. And maybe the mortgage that they took on wouldn't have been as onerous, and maybe Andy wouldn't have had to work so hard to make those payments. And maybe he would have become less resentful. Maybe they would have lived in a smaller house and been content to do that.

How understanding...

 of today's factory workers in the U.S. They're older, and they're getting older and older. There aren't many young people coming into factory work. And as their tasks become more onerous on them, we need to give them tools that they can collaborate with, so that they can be part of the solution,

Rodney Brooks: Why we...

 This needs to be fixed because unless you can bring these people into the formal workforce, you will end up creating a whole lot of people who are completely disenfranchised. Therefore we need to create a new set of labor laws, which are not as onerous as they are today.

Nandan Nilekani's ideas...

 national characters and especially characters of the young people who all too often are subjected to bombardment of sensation rather than digested experience ultimately especially now in this world where we live in a context of regressive and onerous immigration laws

The true power of the...

 a way to hold corporations accountable for their misdeeds, or, instead, a way to free them from onerous regulations. This brings us to the second strategy, choosing a defining fight. All politics is about contrasts. Few of us think about civic life in the abstract.

How to turn protest into...

 I've read economists saying that, as a result of these new technologies, we'll enter a new golden age of leisure when we'll all have time for the things we really love because all these onerous tasks will be taken over by Watson and his digital brethren.

Ken Jennings: Watson,...

 and especially characters of the young people, who all too often are subjected to bombardment of sensation, rather than digested experience. Ultimately, especially now in this world, where we live in a context of regressive and onerous immigration laws,

Ben Cameron: The true...

 and onerous documentation requests. Not to mention the difficulty of shepherding your entire family through this process when you’ve been separated, traumatized and have few resources at your disposal.

A Safe Pathway to...

 The first kinds, we desire for their own sake, like the experience of harmless pleasure. The second, we want only for the value they bring, though they may be onerous, like exercise or medicine.

The original ring of...

 probably weren't that good at bringing women to orgasm when they were helping women come to orgasm their hands got tired like a lot of manual tasks that are difficult and possibly onerous it

Onerous

Involving a lot of effort or work.

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Referring to a legal agreement or requirement that involves a lot of effort or work.

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