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adjective

irksome

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

In a sentence

Six example sentences with irksome, each labelled with its topic.

  • Renaming four thousand files by hand was irksome enough that she finally spent an afternoon learning to script it.

    Technology

  • Reconciling the petty cash ledger is irksome work, but a single missed entry can throw off the whole quarter.

    Finance

  • Filling out the same intake form at every visit is irksome for patients and useless to the clinic.

    Medicine

  • Grinding the same swamp for rare mushrooms grew irksome by the third hour, and half the party logged off.

    Gaming

  • Copying parts by hand for a forty-piece band is irksome work, and one wrong accidental can ruin a rehearsal.

    Music

  • Charting every pass from game film is irksome for the assistants, but the head coach reads those sheets first.

    Basketball

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