Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being onerous; oppressive operation; burdensomeness.
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- noun The state or characteristic of of being
onerous .
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- noun unwelcome burdensome difficulty
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Examples
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In the case of labor, the "cost" consists of the level of training and skill required, hours worked, and the onerousness and riskiness of the working conditions and the training mentioned above.
Free Trade in Tech Labor, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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There are several reasons for hoping that international terrorism isn't about religion -- not least of them the immense onerousness, the near-impossibility, now, of maintaining a discourse (I'll put this simply) that makes distinctions between groups of human beings.
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Beyond which, where in the history or text of the amendment would the length/onerousness criteria arise?
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The Government of Greece strongly urges the onerousness of the duty here imposed upon the currants of that country, amounting to 100 per cent or more of their market value.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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It was just when he was balancing in his mind the relative advantages of becoming a doctor or a lawyer, and speculating as to which of these professions appealed the more keenly to his fancy, that Fate intervened and relieved him of the onerousness of choosing between them.
The Wall Between Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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The immense onerousness of the judge's office lies in just the fact that he needs so very much more than his bare legal knowledge.
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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He already had a presentiment of the onerousness of living together, of a multiplicity of cares, unpleasantnesses and expenses; of the equivocal smiles or even simply the unceremonious questionings of comrades; finally, of the serious hindrance during the time of government examinations.
Yama: the pit Bernard Guilbert Guerney 1904
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Attention having been called to the demonetization of silver in 1873 and to the consequent fall of prices and the growing onerousness of debts and fixed charges, gold monometallism was indicted as the cause "which had locked fast the prosperity of an industrial people in the paralysis of hard times" and brought the United States into financial servitude to
History of the United States, Volume 5 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880
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The Government of Greece strongly urges the onerousness of the duty here imposed upon the currants of that country, amounting to 100 per cent or more of their market value.
Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents William McKinley, Messages, Proclamations, and Executive Orders Relating to the Spanish-American War William McKinley 1872
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The Government of Greece strongly urges the onerousness of the duty here imposed upon the currants of that country, amounting to 100 per cent or more of their market value.
State of the Union Address William McKinley 1872
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