tedious
     adj 1: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a
            boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the
            deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull
            play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum
            speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what
            an irksome task the writing of long letters is"-
            Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the
            tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other
            people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" [syn: {boring},
             {deadening}, {dull}, {ho-hum}, {irksome}, {slow}, {tiresome},
             {wearisome}]
     2: using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy)
        speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional
        methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy
        editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
        [syn: {long-winded}, {verbose}, {windy}, {wordy}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0