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What does onerous mean?

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Adjective
  1. imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort.
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Instruct your solicitor to inspect local and national searches and the title deeds for any onerous covenants, restrictions, etc.
Michael Hinchy is the musical director and the onerous task of wardrobe mistress is in the capable hands of Sandra Finn.
The rates may not seem onerous to borrowers when their only other source of credit is a loan shark.
The onerous task of distributing seed potatoes to the tenantry has just been completed.
To Kevin falls the job of fair co-ordinator, a fairly onerous and often thankless task, but one that Kevin obviously enjoys.
Now that technology has liberated us from that onerous requirement, conferences will become more popular than ever.

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