: the state of being weary and restless through lack of interest
the boredom of a long car trip
Examples of boredom in a Sentence
On days when few customers came to shop, Bob felt overwhelmed by boredom.
the boredom of a long car trip
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These spectacular environments and their all-consuming nature are often a form of therapy, a response to loneliness, boredom, trauma, mental illness, or religious mania–sometimes a combination.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
However, attendees showed no sign of boredom and punctuated her approximately 30-minute oration at City Hall with applause.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2025
The insight that boredom is the absence of a goal changes everything.
—Stefan Falk, CNBC, 30 May 2025
But the process is notoriously uncomfortable: Medieval monks referred to the feeling that boredom provoked as acedia and attempted to pray it away.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 29 May 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
However, attendees showed no sign of boredom and punctuated her approximately 30-minute oration at City Hall with applause.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2025
The insight that boredom is the absence of a goal changes everything.
—Stefan Falk, CNBC, 30 May 2025
But the process is notoriously uncomfortable: Medieval monks referred to the feeling that boredom provoked as acedia and attempted to pray it away.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for boredom
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“Boredom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boredom. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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boredom
noun
bore·dom
ˈbō(ə)rd-əm 
ˈbȯ(ə)rd-
: the state of being bored
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