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Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks.

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  1. a. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks.
  2. a. Weary; vexed; uneasy.
  3. adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  4. j:100 s so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness