: 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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But Below Deck Down Under has been stuck in a bad cycle all season, where a problem will emerge, escalate, and repeat itself to the point of boredom.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 May 2025
Other times, procrastination stems from an emotional source—boredom, overwhelm, anxiety, dread, and so on.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Why get a sometimes-boring job to assuage boredom that isn’t there?
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Despite the way it is sometimes depicted in movies and television, the work of investigative reporting moves slowly, with hours of boredom punctuated by moments of exhilaration that, sometimes, are undone by further research.
—Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 31 Mar. 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 May 2025
Other times, procrastination stems from an emotional source—boredom, overwhelm, anxiety, dread, and so on.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Why get a sometimes-boring job to assuage boredom that isn’t there?
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Despite the way it is sometimes depicted in movies and television, the work of investigative reporting moves slowly, with hours of boredom punctuated by moments of exhilaration that, sometimes, are undone by further research.
—Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 31 Mar. 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 28 May. 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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