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as in tamed
changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans every evening, a wild Canada goose is at the food trough with our tame geese

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as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest that action movie was so tame I fell asleep about 20 minutes into it

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“Tame.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tame. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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