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Onerous meaning

Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.

Synonyms of Onerous

Using Onerous

  • The main meaning on this page is: Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
  • Useful related words include: burdensome, taxing, heavy.
  • In the example corpus, onerous often appears in combinations such as: the onerous, more onerous, onerous task.

Context around Onerous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
too remain less butlering

Corpus analysis for Onerous

  • In this selection, "onerous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, too, remain, less, task, repayment and prison stand out and add context to how "onerous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include be an onerous task which and be too onerous but the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "onerous" sits close to words such as abusers, aegean and agatha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with onerous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

If that process went away, data collection would become more onerous. (11 words)

Advising a leader, therefore, is an onerous task that requires very special proficiency to perform. (15 words)

But without new tools, their processes will remain onerous and outdated, raising costs and lowering output. (16 words)

But its efforts to form government have been thwarted by Thailand’s military-appointed senators, who are vehemently opposed to any effort that reduces the law’s scope or the onerous prison terms handed down to convicted offenders. (38 words)

Journeys in and out of my home state of Kansas always started this way, because getting in and out of Kansas – whose public transportation system is at this point almost entirely nonexistent – is onerous. (34 words)

He also specifically noted the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would expand access to the ballot box for those that have been historically disenfranchised by onerous voter ID laws. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

Advising a leader, therefore, is an onerous task that requires very special proficiency to perform.

Buhari is leaving behind a country maintaining peace of the graveyard, leaving the succeeding regime with the onerous task of healing a broken nation reeling from economic and psychological trauma.

But contracts with onerous repayment terms represent an “evolving area of law” and an alarming “new twist” on concerns over medical debt, said Benjamin, the community service society lawyer.

But its efforts to form government have been thwarted by Thailand’s military-appointed senators, who are vehemently opposed to any effort that reduces the law’s scope or the onerous prison terms handed down to convicted offenders.

But on the similar time we are able to clearly educate extra advanced ideas which can be onerous to understand.

But without new tools, their processes will remain onerous and outdated, raising costs and lowering output.

Despite the benefits of observability, there’s a challenge that is growing more onerous every day.

He also specifically noted the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would expand access to the ballot box for those that have been historically disenfranchised by onerous voter ID laws.

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He had the idea of creating a special wheel nut based on the company’s tech to replace the stock centerlock nut from Porsche, making the process less onerous.

He said achieving re-accreditation will be an onerous task, which could take six to 18 months.

He says the registration process was too onerous for casual teachers amid a dire shortage of staff.

His immense height (6'9") and strength sometimes make the delicate tasks of butlering onerous, but he manages with a grimace and a moan.

If that process went away, data collection would become more onerous.

It will be trumpeted by those who have devoted not a day of their adult lives working on university campuses, let alone doing the onerous admissions work on those campuses.

I wonder whether in all administrative history there was another instance of a single individual being trusted to undertake such an onerous responsibility, involving the outgo of such a huge amount.

Journeys in and out of my home state of Kansas always started this way, because getting in and out of Kansas – whose public transportation system is at this point almost entirely nonexistent – is onerous.

Mr Clinton recalled: “He said, ‘you got me in to this part-time job, this is the most onerous part-time job in history’.

Not just because of the insane currency problems we’ve just discussed but also because of onerous economic regulations and very high taxes.

Planning Board Chair Robert Kirkwood said that an argument can be made that the town’s parking requirements may be too onerous, but the applicant needs to find more parking somewhere.

Republicans also changed state law to make voting more onerous, enacting a strict voter ID law, while the state’s Supreme Court banned drop boxes for absentee ballots last year.

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Common combinations with onerous

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "onerous" in a sentence?
An example: "Advising a leader, therefore, is an onerous task that requires very special proficiency to perform." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "onerous" from authentic English texts.
What does "onerous" mean?
Onerous means: Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
What are synonyms of "onerous"?
Common synonyms of "onerous" include: burdensome, taxing, heavy.
How many example sentences with "onerous" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "onerous", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.