: causing weariness and restlessness through lack of interest : causing boredom : tiresome
a boring lecture
boringness
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Examples of boring in a Sentence
I find her books totally boring.
I wish this book weren't so boring; I keep falling asleep whenever I try to read it.
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His side’s domination of territory and possession, against vastly inferior opponents, has been branded boring by some supporters.
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Beren Cross, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Writing fiction no longer merely strikes him as boring.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
One thing is certain: The last few years have not been boring.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Sequestered in perpetual comfort, this is where Cal is living in boring bliss before he’s found in a pool of blood at the foot of his bed.
—Gqlshare, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
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Beren Cross, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Writing fiction no longer merely strikes him as boring.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
One thing is certain: The last few years have not been boring.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Sequestered in perpetual comfort, this is where Cal is living in boring bliss before he’s found in a pool of blood at the foot of his bed.
—Gqlshare, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Boring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boring. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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