: filled with or characterized by boredom
had never been more bored in her life
a bored voice
Bobbi slouched back against the cushions doing her best impression of a bored teenager …—
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I was completely bored during that speech
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Exotic varieties will die off or will revert to ordinary street pigeons in several generations if humans get bored with them and stop rebreeding them.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Everyone just standing, having just traveled, looking bored and couldn’t care less about the music.
—Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The young people were kind of bored with that life.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025
Create novelty by rotating toys Cats can get bored with their toys.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
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Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Everyone just standing, having just traveled, looking bored and couldn’t care less about the music.
—Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The young people were kind of bored with that life.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025
Create novelty by rotating toys Cats can get bored with their toys.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Bored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bored. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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