Vocabulary
Tedious
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.
Urdu meaning
ناگوار، اکتا دینے والا، بیزار کن
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The way forward for devolution in Pakistan is, therefore, empowered local governments and not the tedious route of creating new provinces.
- The simplified filing should address grievances against a tedious, complex process one reason why many have been deterred from filing their returns.
- The changes have ostensibly been made to pre-empt businesses from hiding behind legal procedures and tedious court proceedings in order to delay or avoid the payment of the taxes due.
- Our reliance on digital services means it`s difficult to revert to the old ways, like paper banking which is tedious.
- Not all can disguise (to paraphrase American poet and essayist Mark Strand) that `their expressive part [was] rather tedious never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving`.
Synonyms
boring, monotonous, dull, deadly dull, uninteresting, unexciting, unvaried, unvarying
Antonyms
exciting, interesting
Curator example
“a tedious journey”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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