as in bore
someone or something boring the supposed farce turned out to be a numbingly slow snoozer

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Recent Examples of snoozer Though Sunday’s 6-1 loss was a snoozer, nothing in it altered the fundamental strength that is the team’s pitching ability and health. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025 The fight was a complete snoozer, as Scull’s elusiveness mixed with Canelo’s inability to catch up with the Cuban made for an unentertaining affair. Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025 The vibrations provide a more subtle way to wake up by forgoing the jarring alarm sounds, and the escalating pattern of the buzzing helps ease the snoozer into wakefulness. Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025 After some snoozers on Day 1 of March Madness, Day 2 got started with an epic battle. Ryan Morik, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snoozer
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Noun
  • Just the sheer, cavernous size of each cylinder – at 38 inches (97 cm) of bore by 98 inches (249 cm) of stroke ...
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 June 2025
  • The only problem was that Purdey had never made a hammer ejector gun in 28 gauge, or any hammer gun in .410 bore in their more than 200-year history.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Inside, everything is slow, wispy, a soothing yawn of a life.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 11 June 2025
  • There’s a moment in the episode, where Cooper yawns, which was not in the script, and Doherty comes back with a perfect line.
    Peter White, Deadline, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Leaner cuts also reduce fat drips and flame flare-ups, which can contribute to carcinogen formation.
    Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 3 July 2025
  • With companies going where liquidity is abundant, a steady drip of firms being taken private, and too few initial public offerings coming along to replace them, pressure is mounting to reverse the slow but inexorable shrinking of London’s historic trading venue.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 July 2025

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“Snoozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoozer. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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