: the state of being weary and restless through lack of interest
the boredom of a long car trip
Examples of boredom in a Sentence
On days when few customers came to shop, Bob felt overwhelmed by boredom.
the boredom of a long car trip
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Blow Job, Sleep, Empire: with help from the Jonas Mekas propaganda wheel, these shifted the definition of beauty in the popular US lexicon: a filmed beauty, a gay beauty, a beauty of an intimate boredom.
—Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Nowhere is our discomfort with discomfort more evident than in our inability to tolerate boredom.
—Dale Whelehan, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
People also tend to look at their phones to offset negative feelings, such as boredom.
—Gillian Mohney, Verywell Health, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Boredom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boredom. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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boredom
noun
bore·dom
ˈbō(ə)rd-əm 
ˈbȯ(ə)rd-
: the state of being bored
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