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boring::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drilling, oil production |
| Type of | production |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drilling |
| Type of | creating by removal |
Examples of boring
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Is it boring because it's become uncool in the classroom to be interested in it?
From the abcnews.go.com
They can point to Asian wood-boring beetles, which can destroy American forests.
From the omaha.com
Dull, pointless and boring sports such as F1 also receive the digital treatment.
From the hecklerspray.com
Imagine being the world's most boring person in the world, and THEN being bored.
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I'm not one of those who find bronze statues of dead soldiers inherently boring.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A boring Ford Contour will be far cheaper to insure than a fast, sporty Mustang.
From the sacbee.com
As boring as it was ridiculous, it shouldn't be recommissioned for a second run.
From the tv.uk.msn.com
To be in a band and all that goes with it is exciting, to do business is boring.
From the dailymail.co.uk
His tactics are negative, his football is boring and he's an uninspiring person.
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- Drilling: the act of drilling
- So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long ...
- (boringly) in a tedious manner; "boringly slow work"; "he plodded tediously forward"
- (boringness) extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
- (bored) tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through the museum with a bored air"
- (bored) blase: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star"
- Boredom is an emotional state experienced during periods lacking activity or when individuals are uninterested in their surroundings. ...
- In machining, boring is the process of enlarging a hole that has already been drilled (or cast), by means of a single-point cutting tool (or of a boring head containing several such tools), for example as in boring a cannon barrel. ...
- Boring was the third episode of The Young Ones, a British sitcom. It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. It was first aired on BBC2 on 23 November 1982.
