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ONEROUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does onerousness mean?
• ONEROUSNESS (noun)
The noun ONEROUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. unwelcome burdensome difficulty
Familiarity information: ONEROUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unwelcome burdensome difficulty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
burdensomeness; heaviness; onerousness; oppressiveness
Hypernyms ("onerousness" is a kind of...):
difficultness; difficulty (the quality of being difficult)
Derivation:
onerous (not easily borne; wearing)
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