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Definition of Onerousness
1. Noun. Unwelcome burdensome difficulty.
Generic synonyms: Difficultness, Difficulty
Derivative terms: Burdensome, Heavy, Heavy, Onerous, Oppressive
Definition of Onerousness
1. Noun. The state or characteristic of of being onerous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Onerousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onerousness
Literary usage of Onerousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848 by Guizot (François), Witt (Henriette Elizabeth) (1885)
"When all these great malcontents saw Louis' popularity on the decline ^and the
king engaged abroad in divers political designs full of onerousness or ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"Then we quickly realized the hollowness and onerousness of the notable expedient
of barricading our frontier against Russia with money-bags. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"I answered, in the same vein, that whatever the onerousness, it was but a slight
and insufficient penalty of the mass of the obloquy of American presidents ..."
4. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"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 ..."
5. The history of France, tr. by R. Black. (Vol. 6-8 ed. by madame de Witt). by François Pierre G. Guizot (1873)
"When all these great malcontents saw Louis' popularity on the decline and the
king engaged abroad in divers political designs full of onerousness or ..."
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