boring

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bor·ing | \ ˈbȯr-iŋ

Definition of boring

: causing weariness and restlessness through lack of interest : causing boredom : tiresome a boring lecture

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I find her books totally boring. I wish this book weren't so boring; I keep falling asleep whenever I try to read it.

Recent Examples on the Web Perhaps because the alternatives to aliens are much more boring. — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 25 May 2021 Shareholder votes have traditionally been mind-numbingly boring, requiring people go through dense paper documentation that typically goes in the garbage. — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 21 May 2021 With this in mind, what dinosaurs were just plain boring? — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2021 The undisputed dominance of Jerry Jones’ empire is almost boring at this point — six straight years at the top will do that. — David Moore, Dallas News, 10 May 2021 While Capparella's choice might be a bit boring, there'd never be a dull moment in contributor Jonathon Ramsey's 90K-mile Bentley Continental GT. — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 9 Apr. 2021 The mainstream media both has Trump Derangement Syndrome and is desperate to have him back because everything is so boring now. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 Apr. 2021 But great actors—hamstrung by their obsessive attention to technique or their personal dignity, or both—are sometimes boring. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Apr. 2021 When everyone knows their role, what can go wrong and how to respond, even the worst emergencies can be routine and, well, boring. — Barry Moline, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021

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