: 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 …Ingrid Law

Examples of bored in a Sentence

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 See All Example Sentences for bored

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bored was in 1823

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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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