Basic and Tedious

Basic

Basic adjective - Of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject.

Tedious and basic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tedious" instead an adjective "Basic".

Nearby Words: base, basis, basically, basics, basicity

Tedious

Tedious adjective - Causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest.

Basic and tedious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Basic" instead an adjective "Tedious".

Nearby Words: tedium, tediously

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • In the Future, We Still Have Roombas Most robots from Runaway are designed for one basic, tedious function, although they're not always very good at their tasks.
  • Endless Ocean: Blue World takes the basic gameplay (such as it is) of the original game and expands upon it greatly while streamlining several of the more tedious aspects and applying more structure to the previously random chaos.
  • Level Grinding When right from the start of the game, gaining a single low level or the most basic of equipment upgrades involves over a week of killing the same small monsters or performing the same tedious chores, suddenly it doesn't seem so bad to drop a few bucks into your account and shortcut yourself there.
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