1
: the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
also
: boredom
2
: a tedious period of time
Examples of tedium in a Sentence
The movie was three hours of tedium.
I took a day off to relieve the tedium of work.
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Industry depended on impoverished workers with no other option but the tedium of mass manufacturing.
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Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Many of these protagonists endure the tedium and humiliation of involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, losing days and years to paralyzing inertia, and experiencing terrifying delusions of persecution and betrayal.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
The tedium of dealing with, say, health insurance or car registration can be maddening.
—Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Gopnik recounts numerous spats between Barnes and his sometimes friends, entertaining episodes that leave the reader feeling a sense of tedium with a man who seems to work constantly against his own best interests.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Many of these protagonists endure the tedium and humiliation of involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, losing days and years to paralyzing inertia, and experiencing terrifying delusions of persecution and betrayal.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
The tedium of dealing with, say, health insurance or car registration can be maddening.
—Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Gopnik recounts numerous spats between Barnes and his sometimes friends, entertaining episodes that leave the reader feeling a sense of tedium with a man who seems to work constantly against his own best interests.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tedium
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“Tedium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tedium. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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