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.