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irksome

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adjective (a)

Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks.(adjective)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness(adj.all)

Example:
What an irksome task the writing of long letters is.

Synonym:
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

source: wordnet30

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