: 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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Quite a bit of it can get boring.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
The idea of giving that over to a robot seems foolish [and] boring.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
In the present, her mother lies to her church friends about Audrey’s nonexistent medical career, pressures her to date a nice and rich but hopelessly boring divorcé and guilt-trips Audrey into extending her stay.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
The idea of giving that over to a robot seems foolish [and] boring.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
In the present, her mother lies to her church friends about Audrey’s nonexistent medical career, pressures her to date a nice and rich but hopelessly boring divorcé and guilt-trips Audrey into extending her stay.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
Some skyscrapers are quite uniform and rather boring.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
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 28 Jan. 2026.
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