: the state of being weary and restless through lack of interest
the boredom of a long car trip
Examples of boredom in a Sentence
On days when few customers came to shop, Bob felt overwhelmed by boredom.
the boredom of a long car trip
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Many animal behaviorists also warn the practice fails to address the root cause of excessive barking—often anxiety, boredom, or inadequate training.
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Factor 2: Antisocial behavior (e.g., deviance from an early age, aggression, impulsivity, irresponsibility, proneness to boredom).
—New Atlas, 26 June 2025
There was a lot more boredom involved in their day-to-day work than we were led to believe as kids, more sitting around and more court dates and more paperwork, the sheer bureaucracy of the whole thing.
—Maris Kreizman, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
Fiction March 5, 2023 Kwan’s novel hones in on the ways that isolation and boredom sap vital parts of ourselves.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Factor 2: Antisocial behavior (e.g., deviance from an early age, aggression, impulsivity, irresponsibility, proneness to boredom).
—New Atlas, 26 June 2025
There was a lot more boredom involved in their day-to-day work than we were led to believe as kids, more sitting around and more court dates and more paperwork, the sheer bureaucracy of the whole thing.
—Maris Kreizman, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
Fiction March 5, 2023 Kwan’s novel hones in on the ways that isolation and boredom sap vital parts of ourselves.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
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“Boredom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boredom. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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boredom
noun
bore·dom
ˈbō(ə)rd-əm 
ˈbȯ(ə)rd-
: the state of being bored
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