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onerousness

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on·er·ous  (nr-s, nr-)
adj.
1. Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome. See Synonyms at burdensome.
2. Law Entailing obligations that exceed advantages.

[Middle English, from Old French onereus, from Latin onersus, from onus, oner-, burden.]

oner·ous·ly adv.
oner·ous·ness n.
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Noun1.onerousness - unwelcome burdensome difficulty
difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"


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