tedious work

collocation in English

meaningsoftediousandwork

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tedious
adjective
uk
/ˈtiː.di.əs/us
/ˈtiː.di.əs/
boring:
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work
noun
uk
/wɜːk/us
/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition oftediousandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftedious work

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In addition, thetediousworkof harvesting and processing is exclusively left to women.
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This too istediousworkthat must be done by a human expert.
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While oftentediouswork, the process of encoding these proofs served to deepen our understanding of the requirements of the analysis and definition of consistency.
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However, they are not sufficient to support fine-grained classification, which requirestediouswork on analyzing a large number of questions, and an explicit construction and representation of numerous rules.
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I can see that he would approve it, because it might save him some rathertediousworkin connection with forfeiture proceedings.
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It must be reasonable that those engaged in the dull,tediousworkshould work fewer hours than those engaged in satisfying work.
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Many of the men are on ground defences at aerodromes, and some of us know whattediousworkit is.
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They are already benefiting from being online, and there has been a reduction in thetediousworkload that so troubled post offices in the past.
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He envisioned an electro-mechanical computing device that could do much of thetediousworkfor him.
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We should be able to pass thetediousworkof numbers to machines and work on the intricate theory which puts them best of use.
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Cannon dominated this field because of her tidiness and patience for thetediouswork, and even helped the men in the observatory gain popularity.
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This process is often used to subdividetediousworkor to fund-raise startup companies and charities, and can also occur offline.
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This hard andtediousworkpaid off in the end.
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He cited the long hours andtediousworkas reasons.
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The verytediousworkwas divided between the four students according to their different natures.
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After one hour of thistediouswork, only two kilograms of fonio are available for consumption and fifteen liters of water are needed to remove the sand.
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Dobby looms expand a weaver's capabilities and remove some of thetediousworkinvolved in designing and producing fabric.
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