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Definition
Unreasonable, oppressive, or cruel, or excessively trying condition, duty, or task whose disadvantages or costs outweigh its advantages or benefits. See also onus.
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onerous is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
onerous appears in the definitions of the following terms: free trade and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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