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The Clue
Wearing thin (8 letter answer)
The Answer
TIRESOME
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Notes
The answer TIRESOME is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1200 puzzles.
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Definition
TIRESOME as an adjective:
1. (boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome) = so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"