Onerous

прилагательное обременительный; затруднительный, тягостный Например: onerous task — трудное задание onerous duties — тягостные обязанности Синоним(ы): heavy

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Onerous

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French honereus, from Latin onerosus, from oner-, onus burden; akin to Sanskrit anas cart 1. involving, imposing, or constituting a burden; troublesome Example: an onerous task 2. having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages Example: an onerous contractonerously adverbonerousness noun Synonyms: onerous, burdensome, oppressive, exacting mean imposing hardship. onerous stresses being laborious and heavy especially because distasteful Example: the onerous task of cleaning up the mess. burdensome suggests causing mental as well as physical strain Example: burdensome responsibilities. oppressive implies extreme harshness or severity in what is imposed Example: the oppressive tyranny of a police state. exacting implies rigor or sternness rather than tyranny or injustice in the demands made or in the one demanding Example: an exacting employer.

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