wearisome

Etymology

From Middle English werisom, equivalent to weary + -some.

adj

1. Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.
   Gardening can be wearisome work.
   Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics. 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714