: causing weariness and restlessness through lack of interest : causing boredom : tiresome
a boring lecture
boringness
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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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Hannah Singleton, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2024
Thanks to such advances in the field, watching grass grow is no longer boring.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Sep. 2024
After all, with Uranus in the mix, life is anything but boring!
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
The stitched edges add a striking contrast to make the white feel anything but boring.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Boring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boring. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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