as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
what a tiresome church service that turned out to be
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Recent Examples of tiresome
The more trenchant critique, surely, is that the entwining of art and life has become a tiresome conceit, predicated on the bland notion that all great fiction must have an autobiographical component and a therapeutic aim.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
These lazy, tiresome, played out lies are both unacceptable and unsurprising.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
The movie drags in the middle, when it’s locked in a prisoner drama that grows a little tiresome and predictable.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The smirking Nabokov is tiresome.
—New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
These lazy, tiresome, played out lies are both unacceptable and unsurprising.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
The movie drags in the middle, when it’s locked in a prisoner drama that grows a little tiresome and predictable.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The smirking Nabokov is tiresome.
—New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tiresome
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiresome
Adjective
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Some skyscrapers are quite uniform and rather boring.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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Writing that’s as boring as your dullest relative was likely written by a chatbot that can’t see, hear, taste, smell, touch — or feel.—
Karen Stabiner,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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When Jensen was tiring of running her own business, her little brother did her the same favor of helping her land a job with the cannabis dispensary From The Earth at their Brookside location, where she was quickly hired and loved by her coworkers.—
PJ Green
January 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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Although Richardson has only appeared in 25 of the 36 contests so far in his rookie campaign, the near first-half of his first year as a professional has been tiring for the 20-year-old who’s continued to adjust to his new life in Orlando.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Commission, the EU’s executive arm, has decided that the pace of EV sales is far too slow and has proposed a new category of small and seriously affordable cars.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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States and cities that have loosened building constraints are already seeing slower rent growth compared to heavily regulated markets.—
J.D. Hayworth,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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For a free-market type, Magness implies here that markets are quite stupid.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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Protecting his naive and stupid friend.—
Gwen Faulkenberry,
Arkansas Online,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Thirty years of closure didn’t slow down progress Despite more than half a century of entertainment, the State Theatre closed in 1990 as other movie theaters started popping up and the mechanics of the building became weary.—
Angela George,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
23 Jan. 2026
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Every imaginable class is on offer at the state-of-the-art fitness center and movement studios and weary muscles can be revived by hitting the Springhouse Circuit, which includes a salt room, cedar sauna, hyperbaric oxygen chamber, tepidarium, and cold plunge.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Engaged to be married to the rich but dull George (played by John Lund), Lord wears a scene-stealing ring throughout the film, its central stone elegantly flanked by a pair of tapered baguettes.—
Rachel Garrahan,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2026
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The world would be so dull if that were true.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Chicago police said a witness found the 46-year-old unresponsive on the floor of a home in the 10100 block of South State Street.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Today, Harry and his older brother, Prince William, remain estranged, royal experts say.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The hotel’s contemporary concrete architecture acts as a bracing-yet-beautiful contrast to the dusty rock plateaus, while many of its minimalist guest rooms come with private plunge pools that look out to the horizon.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2026
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Windowsills get dusty really fast when dry air causes static electricity in your home.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Tiresome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiresome. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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