operose

adjective

Definition of operosenext
as in wearisome

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  1. wearisome
  2. tiresome
  3. tedious
Adjective
  • The slow, wearisome trudge towards Everton’s new dawn continues.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
  • 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.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of wearisome
Adjective
  • However, come the third or fourth snowstorm of the season, shoveling by hand gets tiresome.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The tiresome snobbery of the vinyl mafia might have convinced you that the compact disc, first introduced in Japan in October 1982 and the rest of the world in March 1983, was dead and buried.
    Jesse Fink, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of tiresome
Adjective
  • Much like 2014’s Ouija, a group of tedious teens unleash an evil entity haunting a specific set of tarot cards.
    Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Automate Repetitive Tasks Companies can integrate AI to automate repetitive tasks like invoice processing, reducing errors and freeing employees from tedious work.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of tedious
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“Operose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operose. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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