as in tiring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
a wearisome lecture on civic responsibility
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Recent Examples of wearisome
Every supernatural series, from Midnight Mass to Yellowjackets, needs a character resistant to the show’s inner eeriness to deliver persistent conflict, and Eion Bailey and his great head of hair played amusement-park engineer Jim with the exact right amount of wearisome square-mindedness.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
The slow, wearisome trudge towards Everton’s new dawn continues.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
But overall, the lack of differentiation can be wearisome.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
But the escalating conversations, often accompanied by astonishment, concerning women's looks, youth and ageing reflect a wearisome pattern deeply ingrained in both the entertainment industry and society as a whole — a pattern of entrenched ageism.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 14 May 2024
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Of course, going from shows to pickleball classes to after-hours jam sessions at B.B. King’s Blues Club can be tiring.—
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Sanchez added a selfie from bed, sharing how tiring her pregnancy is.—
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Transform boring tasks into challenges with stakes, rewards, and achievements.—
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Broberg’s heartbreaking overtime winner Some overtimes are boring, with teams methodically regrouping.—
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With businesses and consumers alike weary about the safety of AI moving forward, where does this leave them?—
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The second, that it was named after a maiden who showed some weary legionnaires the way to the mountain spring.—
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The shark’s slow movement may have allowed the octopus to stay latched on, but if the mako had picked up speed, the octopus likely would have been forced off.—
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While the dollar amount of initial aid is in line with what the U.S. has pledged in the past, the overall pace of the response has been slower.—
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Amelia soon decides that stupid boys (and humans in general) aren't worth keeping around.—
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Sharing war plans outside U.S. government systems is the kind of offense that is almost too stupid to commit.—
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Miracle leave-in product: on sale for $28 (30% off) Original price: $40 (Ulta) Dealing with dull or damaged hair?—
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No race including Bianco or Jenner should ever be dull, though, and this one likely won’t be either.—
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Those under 51 inches must have someone 14 years old or older accompanying them.—
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Every year in the US, there are approximately 35,000 ER visits due to unintentional medication overdoses among children under 5 years old.—
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This can get unsanitary since the dust can circulate in the air of your home, and for some models, dusty coils can affect how efficiently your fridge cools.—
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The petrified bones of extinct horses, ground sloths, cheetahs and bears have been uncovered from the dusty layers of time exposed here.—
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“Wearisome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wearisome. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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