as in bore
someone or something boring the supposed farce turned out to be a numbingly slow snoozer

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Recent Examples of snoozer Here’s a look back at the closing moments of a fight that drew criticism for being a snoozer: Mayweather, 48, retired after knocking out UFC star Conor McGregor in 2017. Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025 There will be immediate deduction of research and development, which sounds like a snoozer but historically has brought about a gigantic geyser of money toward the creation of new products, which need lots of equipment to test and build. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 July 2025 The heaviest snoozers tracked in Robbins’ study used around 22 to 27 minutes resting after the first alarm — time that could be used for stretching, journaling or cooking a nutritious breakfast, Robbins suggested. Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 26 May 2025 Ranking the winners, losers and snoozers of the 2024 MLB trade deadline Some more positive feedback on the Yankees’ deadline moves from our national writers. 7. The Athletic Mlb Staff, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for snoozer
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Noun
  • The result was a hybrid that survived fungal inoculation and bore nuts around 1962.
    Eric J. Wallace, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Experts said the Louvre robbery bore many of the hallmarks of these crimes, including getting away on motorbikes, entering the property in broad daylight and using brute force.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Even though the official Survivor 49 pre-merge emoji might be a big fat yawn (or, perhaps a chicken screaming for mercy), there are signs that Probst did not even need to give his pre-challenge pep talk.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But historically, investors have met them with a collective yawn.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nikola Jokić is a time-bending honey drip with periscope vision.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Half Past 8, a patch company that launched last week, says that its products sidestep the crash and comedown associated with some pills and gummies by offering a slow drip of wellness.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025

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“Snoozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoozer. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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