Onerous
ahd-5
adjective.
Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome.
synonym
:
burdensome
.
adjective.
Entailing more liabilities than benefits or imposing significant obligations.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Burdensome; oppressive.
In
Scots law
, imposing a burden in return for an advantage; being for a consideration: as, an
onerous
contract: opposed to
gratuitous.
Synonyms
1. Heavy, weighty, toilsome.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Burdensome; oppressive.
adjective.
a good and legal consideration; -- opposed to
gratuitous
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
imposing
or
constituting
a physical, mental, or figurative
load
which can be
borne
only with
effort
.
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adjective.
not easily borne; wearing