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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiresomeness
Noun
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Interestingly, this connection between boredom and satisfaction wasn’t linked to relationship conflicts or tension, meaning boredom alone can weaken a relationship over time.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025 -
Rather than rising up and killing its former masters, Murderbot just goes about performing its security work, relieving the boredom by watching a lot of entertainment media; its favorite is a soap opera called The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
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The film, despite grossing just under $5 million in the U.S. against a $9 million budget, later became a cult classic synonymous with the melancholic realization that teenage longing and ennui can extend into adulthood.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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Everyone is thinking about his or her middle-aged ennui and the routines — ruts?—
Margaret Lyons,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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But at that difficulty, humans had only been able to force their way through the slaughter level in multi-segment runs, exploiting save states to preserve their best performances and break up the nerve-wracking tedium.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Apr. 2025
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The tedium of day-to-day, real-life differences started to take some of the passion out of their relationship, with Elliot asking Kat to tidy up her clothes and showing more concern for the drenched wood floors than Kat’s big time-travel news.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
27 Jan. 2025
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The decline accelerated in the 20th century, as mass manufacturing favored uniformity and cost-efficiency.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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In the spirit of John 17, where Jesus prayed that His followers would be one so that the world might believe, Protestants pray for unity — not uniformity, but unity in Christ.—
Case Thorp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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“Tiresomeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiresomeness. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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