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Onerous

//ˈɑnəɹəs// adj

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Adjective

1
Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
"That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable."

Adjective

1
not easily borne; wearing wordnet

Etymology

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

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