adj · neutral
tedious
/ˈtiːdiəs/TED·i·ous
Band 6-7speakingtask2
boring and too long or slow
Examples
“Filling in forms for hours can be tedious.”
“The lecture became tedious after the first hour.”
“She found the repetitive tasks tedious but necessary.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although necessary, data cleaning is a tedious stage of research that demands patience.”
Collocations
- tedious task
- tedious process
- tediously long
Word family
tedious adjtediously advtedium noun
Common mistakes
The meeting was full of tediousness.→The meeting was tedious.
She explained tediously the procedure.→She tediously explained the procedure.
Say it for a higher band
5boring→6monotonous→7+tedious
Synonyms
boring
monotonous
Easily confused
monotonous
“The factory work became monotonous after a few months.”
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