n .
dullness ; monotony ; boredom 지루함 ; 단조로움 ; 권태

• Oh, God, another evening at Gwen's house! Always the same bland food, always the same people with nothing to say, always the same slide show of Gwen's tropical fish. I don't think I can stand the tedium.
• The initial excitement of summer vacation had gradually turned to tedium, and by the end of the august, the children were ready to go back to school.
• Although some find the composer's work brilliant, others find it tedious ; for example, there is his seven-hour composition in which a single note is played over and over.
  몇몇 사람들은 그 작곡가의 작품이 뛰어나다는 것을 알고 있지만, 다른 사람들은 그의 음악이 지루하다고 생각한다 ; 예를 들면 그의 작품에는 한 음표가 계속적으로 반복되는 일곱 시간짜리 음악도 있다.