: causing weariness and restlessness through lack of interest : causing boredom : tiresome
a boring lecture
boringness
noun
Examples of boring in a Sentence
I find her books totally boring.
I wish this book weren't so boring; I keep falling asleep whenever I try to read it.
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Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
People have forgotten how to read the text for the text, how to engage the text in a really boring, brass-tacks way.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
So many of Black Rabbit’s subplots are confusing, boring, or dumb.
—Andrew Bernard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Aesha knows a thing or two about Bitcoin, despite finding it a boring topic of conversation — her fiancé, Scott, is into crypto.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boring
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“Boring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boring. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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