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onerous

adj
/ˈɒnəɹəs/UK/ˈɑnəɹəs/US

Etymology

From Middle English onerous, from Middle French onereux, from Old French onereus, from Latin onerosus (“burdensome”), from onus (“load”). Compare exonerate.

  1. derived from onerosus
  2. derived from onereus
  3. derived from onereux
  4. inherited from onerous

Definitions

  1. Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only…

    Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.

    • Again, and more intensely than ever, she desired a fixed occupation,—no matter how onerous, how irksome.
    • [I]t has become an onerous duty, a wearisome and distasteful task.

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