onerous duties

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• onerous — adjective formal work or responsibility that is onerous is difficult and worrying or makes you tired: an onerous task | onerous duties onerously adverb onerousness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• onerous — onerously, adv. onerousness, onerosity /oh neuh ros i tee/, n. /on euhr euhs, oh neuhr /, adj. 1. burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties. 2. having or involving obligations or responsibilities, esp. legal ones,… …   Universalium

• onerous — on•er•ous [[t]ˈɒn ər əs, ˈoʊ nər [/t]] adj. 1) burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome: onerous duties[/ex] 2) having or involving obligations or responsibilities, esp. legal ones, that outweigh the advantages: an onerous agreement[/ex] •… …   From formal English to slang

• onerous — /ˈoʊnərəs / (say ohnuhruhs) adjective burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome: onerous duties. {Middle English, from Latin onerōsus} –onerously, adverb –onerousness, noun …  

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