Onerous

Onerous Definition

Requiring a great deal of effort, work, or responsibility; burdensome.

Common in formal, academic, legal, and professional writing; less frequent in casual speech.

Onerous is an adjective.

Onerous has high GRE relevance.

Onerous appears in GregMat vocabulary.

Onerous Synonyms

arduous , burdensome , demanding , exacting , taxing , weighty

How To Use Onerous In A Sentence

1. The committee rejected the onerous reporting requirements as unnecessarily burdensome.
2. Caring for the injured animals became an onerous responsibility during the prolonged crisis.
3. The contract imposed onerous conditions on small suppliers.