onerous

• Beschreibt eine Aufgabe, Pflicht oder Verantwortung, die beschwerlich, schwer oder kaum zu ertragen ist; auch etwas, das mit Mühe, Last oder Aufwand verbunden ist.

Describes a task, duty, or responsibility that is burdensome, heavy, or difficult to bear.

1. Burdensome or difficultC1formal

   Involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty; burdensome.

   Beschwerlich

   • The new regulations placed an onerous burden on small businesses.
   • She found the task of organizing the entire event to be onerous.
   • The contract included onerous terms that were hard to fulfill.

   Synonymearduousburdensomecumbersomedemandingdifficultexactinghardheavyoppressivetaxingtroublesometryingweighty

   Antonymeeasyeffortlesslightsimpletrivial