onerous OH-ner-uhs adjective WS #29

involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome; requiring great effort or causing hardship; troublesome or demanding

1. The onerous process of obtaining permits delayed the construction project by several months.
2. Students found the onerous homework assignments overwhelming during the final weeks of the semester.
3. New environmental regulations placed onerous requirements on manufacturing companies across the industry.
4. The onerous debt payments left the family with little money for basic necessities.
5. The onerous task of reviewing thousands of documents took the legal team several months to complete.