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• n  the feeling of being bored by something tedious
• n  dullness owing to length or slowness

• The gaps in between all of that are filled with the pure tedium of daily life in an armed camp.
• Another tedium tactic is to take extra time between points.
• Before Guy Lalibert's Cirque du Soleil rose 20 years ago, the big top had degenerated into a tedium of clichs: Bozo-like clown acts, dancing bears in dresses and men with whips .

• boredom
• ennui
• tediousness
• tiresomeness

News & Articles

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• The Fantasy Freak Show Podcast: Ball to the wall, Blanks and ‘Zona’s cracked Bell
  With many fanatics mired in a June swoon, the tedium of fantasy baseball is starting to lose its luster, diverting attention away to what lies ahead. Just weeks away to the sound of pads cracking and cleats clacking, the fantasy football season is closer than you think. On this week's info-taining program, we caught you [...]
  June 14, 2013 - Roto Arcade via Yahoo! Sports
• Lannan makes progress in start for Reading
  Instead of facing major league hitters for the past six weeks, John Lannan spent most of his time on a quiet field in Clearwater, Fla. The Philadelphia Phillies pitcher worked out at 8 a.m. and fought through the tedium that comes with injury rehabilitation.
  June 13, 2013 - Reading Eagle

Quotes

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• Sabin Willett in International Herald Tribune
  Mamut and other Uighur prisoners complain their days are now filled with "infinite tedium and loneliness," said Sabin Willett, an attorney for the men, in an affidavit filed in a Washington court.
• Pope Benedict XVI in NEWS.com.au
  Our world has grown weary of greed, exploitation and division, of the tedium of false idols and piecemeal responses and the pain of false promises,the Pope said. "Our hearts and minds are yearning for a vision of life where love endures,...
• Paul Krugman in AOL News
  The United States used to have a boring banking system, but Reagan-era deregulation made things dangerously interesting,Krugman writes. "Canada, by contrast, has maintained a happy tedium."