Adjective : onerous duties. ,an onerous agreement. From Dictionary.com.
So your rate is probably likely to go up pretty onerously. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2007] Reference
Vinyl body suits a la Catwoman make you sweat onerously when dancing. From Wordnik.com. [Do I want to know the answer to this?] Reference
One did not have to rough it too onerously when travelling around the world in this man's company, she thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
Talent shifted into the less-onerously regulated shadow-banking sector, where assets grew rapidly through 2011. From Wordnik.com. [A Hypothetical Bank Crisis Finds that Risks Remain] Reference
Would not this spending and investing by less-onerously taxed Americans not "help create and sustain U.S. jobs"?. From Wordnik.com. [Q & A Session for the Ex-Im Bank] Reference
If you want limited planes flying over in a narrow corridor so they can be 'scanned' for foes you basically want limited, onerously plotted traffic. From Wordnik.com. [Echoes: 2 pieces of news on Taiwan (and how much was wasted by the HKG ATC detour)] Reference
Each rung of the ladder onerously constructed and climbed by women in the past and present is being damaged by the current Democratic presidential race. From Wordnik.com. [Kathleen Reardon: Silence Is Assent: What the Democratic Party Apparently Thinks of Women] Reference
First, is characterizing standpoints with reference to biological differences inherently and onerously deterministic, so that one's body inescapably delineates one's cognitive destiny?. From Wordnik.com. [Feminist Perspectives on Disability] Reference
It is believed that the law of the last session regulating the deposit banks operates onerously and unjustly upon them in many respects, and it is hoped that Congress, on proper representations, will adopt the modifications which are necessary to prevent this consequence. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
The diaries have parsed that this is onerously not true. From Wordnik.com. [Wii-volution]
That is when taxes will become onerously high and begin to effect the economy. From Wordnik.com. [Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines] Reference
We did get a boost from lowering tax rates when they were onerously high several decades ago. From Wordnik.com. [Economist's View] Reference
IF there is an image problem I submit it is the management that is viewed more onerously then the park. From Wordnik.com. [McCovey Chronicles] Reference
He said payments had been delayed because customers had not supplied ABNs, but the delays were not ` ` onerously long ''. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
There is no doubt affordability is now being judged much more tightly, which manifests itself more onerously for some borrowers than for others. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Sounds are used offensively, with shrill, all-prevailing feedback and grating clamour onerously monstering any barely-recognised seedling of 'song' back down into the earth. From Wordnik.com. [FasterLouder.com.au > Australia's leading independent live music hub. Stock up on music and tour news, reviews, gig photos and idle gossip, or bitch to your heart's content in the forums.] Reference
"Unfortunately, it will probably hardly be mentioned in this federal election campaign because that would involve a discussion of Canada's onerously high personal tax rates.". From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
Most state subsidies won't pay for an oversized system anyway. report describing how many states still do not offer net-metering or make it onerously complicated for consumers. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
This is despised by smaller livestock agriculturalists for being onerously expensive, while the Humane Scoiety says this is a watered-down bill with little hope of reducing animal cruelty. From Wordnik.com. [Toledo Talk - recent article changes] Reference
Former contestants told the Times that onerously long work days, stressful situations and a ready supply of alcohol set the stage for contestant meltdowns - which, of course, make for great ratings. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Make food-safety regulations sensitive to scale and marketplace, so that small producers selling direct off the farm or at a farmers 'market are not regulated as onerously as a multinational food manufacturer. From Wordnik.com. [The Latest on Air America] Reference
As mobile data becomes cheaper, faster and more ubiquitous, attempts to rigorously monitor it and tie individual users to individual packets will fail - unless access is made so onerously restrictive that the industry is stifled. From Wordnik.com. [ZDNet UK Highlights] Reference
The above requirements leave many questions unanswered and may empower the FDA to enforce them onerously against small farmers, but loosely, if at all, for agribusiness because corporate officials run the agency and decide policy. From Wordnik.com. Reference
And yet there exists a preposterous and onerously persistent philosophical bent -- among the financial elite and the average citizen alike -- that the United States will be able to continue to issue debt indefinitely because there will always be lenders. From Wordnik.com. [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator] Reference
But, mind, in order to do this, "he added in conclusion," we must all work together in harmony; and, to prevent discord, and all sorts of unpleasantness, we must keep the men constantly employed -- not too onerously, but so that they shall always have something to do -- in order that the weary time of waiting shall not hang heavy upon them. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land] Reference
The rating upgrade follows the completion of LGT's three-way merger with LG Dacom and LG Powercom on 1 January 2010, and reflects the satisfaction of three upgrade guidelines previously set by the agency, namely: total funding cost to repay dissenting shareholders to be below the company's maximum expectation of KRW800bn (a total of KRW703bn was paid); Fitch's expectation that the company will maintain a credit profile with an adjusted net debt to EBITDAR ratio of below 1. 5x; and that the conditions placed on the merger by the Korea Communication Commission will not onerously impact the company's business or financial profile. From Wordnik.com. [cellular-news] Reference
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