: filled with or characterized by boredom
had never been more bored in her life
a bored voice
Bobbi slouched back against the cushions doing her best impression of a bored teenager …—
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I was completely bored during that speech
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The play starts with a bored office worker reading aloud from a battered paperback, his colleagues eventually getting conscripted into various roles.
—Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Marcello is drawn to Aimée’s Maddalena, who is beautiful and exceptionally rich but also bored and apathetic, and his wooing of her is half-hearted.
—Carmel Dagan, Variety, 18 June 2024
Some dogs, especially bored ones, may be attracted to certain plants' texture, scent or appearance.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
Those movies thrived on human absurdity, yet their characters spoke in a bored monotone, regarding the strange circumstances of their lives with resigned terror.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
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Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Marcello is drawn to Aimée’s Maddalena, who is beautiful and exceptionally rich but also bored and apathetic, and his wooing of her is half-hearted.
—Carmel Dagan, Variety, 18 June 2024
Some dogs, especially bored ones, may be attracted to certain plants' texture, scent or appearance.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
Those movies thrived on human absurdity, yet their characters spoke in a bored monotone, regarding the strange circumstances of their lives with resigned terror.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
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“Bored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bored. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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