onerous
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- s not easily borne; wearing; I only had to greet the guests"
my duties weren't onerous
- It was an onerous responsibility with a high risk of failure but the team took it up without much demur.
- But they do pay onerous hurricane insurance premiums (a shock being felt in other coastal states as well) that in many cases exceed what a state income tax would levy.
- When he accepted that onerous appointment in the midst of a painful war and two years before the end of the President's term in office he simply stated that he felt it was .