Martha Beck

Much protective self-criticism stems from growing up around people who wouldn't or couldn't love you, and it's likely they still can't or won't. In general, however, the more you let go of the tedious delusion of your own unattractiveness, the easier it will be for others to connect with you, and the more accepted you'll feel.

American Author

Ben Miller

I did a very stupid diet where you have three food groups, and you never eat them together. It's so bloody tedious; I'm losing the will to live just describing it. I managed to stay very thin because you spent your life wandering around starving hungry looking for a chickpea to go with a chicken leg.

English Comedian

Andi Dorfman

Long runs are definitely tedious, but I find that timing is important on them. I like to do my long runs either early in the morning as the sun rises or in the late afternoon when the sun sets because it gives me something to see instead of thinking about how long I'm running.

American Celebrity

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science fiction rarely is about scientists doing real science, in its slowness, its vagueness, the sort of tedious quality of getting out there and digging amongst rocks and then trying to convince people that what you're seeing justifies the conclusions you're making.

American Writer

Ben Dolnick

To learn a piece on the piano - even a simple one - has proved every bit as agonizing as writing a chapter in a book, every bit as tedious and hopeless and halting. But this is not to say that the piano hasn't helped my writing. It has, just not in the ways I expected.

John McGahern

When you're in danger of losing a thing it becomes precious and when it's around us, it's in tedious abundance and we take it for granted as if we're going to live forever, which we're not.

Irish Writer

Laurie Graham

Characters develop as the book progresses, but any that start to bore me end up in the wastepaper basket. In real life, we may have to put up with tedious people, but not in novels.

English Journalist

Samuel Johnson

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

English Writer

James Russell Lowell

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.

American Poet

Peter Dinklage

Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious.

American Actor

Use to describe tasks that are so uninteresting they make you feel weary and impatient.

Feeling of Boredom

'Tedious' often implies a negative feeling towards the task or activity.

Negative Connotation

Sometimes 'tedious' just states the nature of a task without judging its importance.

Not Inherently Negative

Emphasize the inclusion of too much extraneous information that overwhelms the main point.

Unnecessary Detail

Often used to describe complex materials that are difficult to digest in academic settings.

Academic Context

Use 'tedious' to suggest a task could be streamlined or made more efficient.

Precision of Language

Stress both the duration and the need for continued effort or endurance.

Time and Patience

Shows recognition of a task's tediousness while also acknowledging its necessity.

Reluctant Acceptance

Remember 'tedious' may be subjective; what is tedious for one may not be for another.

Personal Perspective

 and I make all of these by hand, and it's really tedious. It takes a long, long time to make these scores, and right now I'm working on a piece that's 180 pages in length, and it's just a big chunk of my life, and I'm just pulling out hair. I have a lot of it, and that's a good thing I suppose. So this gets really boring and really tiresome for me,

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 That will save you time and boost your happiness. Number last but certainly not least, schedule another financial health day for a few weeks later. Chances are, you'll need to revisit some of the things you started today. I know all of this may seem tedious or boring, but it's better to make these vital changes

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 The idea is it allows the surgeon to operate comfortably in his own coordinate frame. Many of the subtasks in surgery are very routine and tedious, like suturing, and currently, all of these are performed under the specific and immediate control of the surgeon.

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 But, actually, the point of placebo education is interesting. How many problems of life can be solved actually by tinkering with perception, rather than that tedious, hardworking and messy business of actually trying to change reality?

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 as well as digging into the surface. It's not just exploration. For astronauts, they need additional help, because you cannot afford to bring interns up there, either. They have to do every tedious task. They may be simple,

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 helps scientists work at these depths humans have to end your long decompression delays as they surface for their bodies to adjust to the changing water pressures might habitat eases these tedious wait times by allowing

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 Separating the seeds from the cotton lint was tedious and time consuming. Working by hand, a slave could clean about a pound of cotton a day. But the Industrial Revolution was underway, and the demand was increasing.

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 deeply about sigh saw was the way our people in the rural areas were using were producing processing sisal they use the most crude methods and this is so tedious and one who do work the whole

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 hello there hi it's tedious work but if he can collect salmon scales from a fresh kill Craig can match the fish to a known spawning site this helps them build a

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 a tedious obsession with my personal business you know matters of the fur boudoir rhubarb i've said too much it's a private matter

Tedious

Something that is boring and takes a lot of time.

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Something that is complicated with unnecessary details.

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Usage tips

Something that takes a long time and patience.

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Feeling of Boredom

Negative Connotation

Not Inherently Negative

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