onerous task
Frequency: 4.81.1 per million words
describes a piece of work that is very demanding or tedious
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Examples (20)
- Completing the annual report was an onerous task for the entire team.
- Taking care of the elderly parent became an onerous task for the only child.
- She found the administrative duties to be an onerous task after her promotion.
- The new regulations added an onerous task to the already busy department.
- The manager assigned him the onerous task of restructuring the department.
- He found the bureaucratic paperwork to be an incredibly onerous task.
- Despite being an onerous task, they managed to finish the project on time.
- Cleaning the entire house after the party was an onerous task that took hours.
- Many small businesses face the onerous task of complying with complex regulations.
- Despite being an onerous task, she completed the report on time.
- He volunteered for the onerous task of organizing the charity event.
- Assigning such an onerous task to a new employee seems unfair.
- It is an onerous task to learn a new language as an adult.
- The committee was faced with the onerous task of cutting the budget.
- Preparing for the audit was an unexpectedly onerous task.
- Many consider managing a large team to be an onerous task.
- The new legislation imposed an onerous task on landlords.
- She bravely undertook the onerous task of reorganizing the entire archive.
- Taking care of three young children is an onerous task but also rewarding.
- For some, learning a new language can feel like an onerous task.