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onerous

[ on-er-uhs, oh-ner- ]

adjective

  1. burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:

    onerous duties.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. having or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages:

    an onerous agreement.



onerous

/ 藞蓹蕣-; 藞蓲n蓹r蓹s /

adjective

  1. laborious or oppressive
  2. law (of a contract, lease, etc) having or involving burdens or obligations that counterbalance or outweigh the advantages
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辞苍别谤辞耻蝉濒测, adverb
  • 藞辞苍别谤辞耻蝉苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辞苍顎侥谤路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 辞苍顎侥谤路辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 辞路苍别路谤辞蝉路颈路迟测 [oh-n, uh, -, ros, -i-tee], noun
  • 苍辞苍路辞苍顎侥谤路辞耻蝉 adjective
  • non路辞苍顎侥谤路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • non路辞苍顎侥谤路辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 耻苍路辞苍顎侥谤路辞耻蝉 adjective
  • un路辞苍顎侥谤路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • un路辞苍顎侥谤路辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of onerous1

1350鈥1400; Middle English < Latin 辞苍别谤艒蝉耻蝉, equivalent to oner- (stem of onus ) burden + -艒蝉耻蝉 -ous
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of onerous1

C14: from Latin 辞苍别谤艒蝉耻蝉 burdensome, from onus load
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Example Sentences

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With an onerous non-compete benching him for two years, finding another job in his field is out of the question.

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CEO Bob Iger, Carr said he was concerned that ABC was 鈥渁ttempting to extract onerous financial and operational concessions from local broadcast TV stations under the threat of terminating long-held affiliations.鈥

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The government said it rejected the exemptions after a consultation, arguing it would be "unworkable and administratively onerous" and that delaying the timing of it coming in would affect the amount of money it raised.

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Fossil fuel companies and other regulated groups have long complained that complying with the Clean Air Act is unduly costly and onerous.

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While the laws have been heralded by environmentalists, their processes have long been considered onerous by developers, and residents and officials have urged their requirements be lessened or waived to expedite fire recovery.

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