: filled with or characterized by boredom
a bored voice
She had never been more bored in her life than while waiting for her delayed flight.
Bobbi slouched back against the cushions doing her best impression of a bored teenager …—
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People get bored of each other.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
On a welcome muddy day in January — a warmish respite between polar vortexes and snowstorms — a small work crew hoisted 20-foot long steel pipes into a hole being bored hundreds of feet deep in the scraggly field across from Union Station in New Haven.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
May 21 – June 20 Getting too bored is a bad idea at the moment.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
Gemini May 21 – June 20 Getting too bored is a bad idea at the moment.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2026
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Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
On a welcome muddy day in January — a warmish respite between polar vortexes and snowstorms — a small work crew hoisted 20-foot long steel pipes into a hole being bored hundreds of feet deep in the scraggly field across from Union Station in New Haven.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
May 21 – June 20 Getting too bored is a bad idea at the moment.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
Gemini May 21 – June 20 Getting too bored is a bad idea at the moment.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Bored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bored. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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