onerous
They earn vastly different wages, although the onerousness of work and the skill requirements are very similar.
She found membership of the council a burden of great onerousness.
The onerousness of the task reduced the response rate.
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Examples of onerousness
onerousness
It is the very
onerousness of the guillotine that suggests that there is a determination to restrict proper and appropriate debate.
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The
onerousness could come from the level of compensation being sought.
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