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The phrase "a trifle tedious" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is slightly boring or tiresome.
Example: "The lecture was a trifle tedious, making it hard for the students to stay engaged."
Alternatives: "somewhat dull" or "a bit tiresome."
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This is getting a trifle tedious, to be honest with you.
The ritualised ceremony of the former is spectacular (if a trifle tedious once you've seen it before); the legislation outlined in the latter is often fiddly and disconnected.
You're in good company if you can't get on with Wagner and/or Verdi, or if you find Handel just a trifle tedious, or think Berg is just too violently excessive and excessively violent.
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[French.] A trifle; a kickshaw.
(He looks a trifle smug).
Becomes a trifle voyeuristic.
Call it a trifle.
It was a trifle arcane.
Scalia looked a trifle peeved.
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