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Definition of boring adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

boring

adjective
 
/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/
 
/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/
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  1. not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient
    • He's such a boring man!
    • a boring job/book/evening
    • The movie was dreadfully dull and incredibly boring.
    • The music eventually gets boring to listen to.
    Synonyms boringboringdull tediousThese words all describe a subject, activity, person or place that is not interesting or exciting.boring not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient:
    • He’s such a boring man!
    • She found her job very boring.
    dull not interesting or exciting:
    • Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
    tedious lasting or taking too long and not interesting, so that you feel bored and impatient:
    • The journey soon became tedious.
    Patterns
    • to be boring/​dull/​tedious for somebody
    • boring/​dull/​tedious subjects/​books
    • boring/​dull/​tedious jobs/​work/​games
    • a boring/​dull place/​man/​woman/​person
    • deadly boring/​dull
    Extra Examples
    • Green is much better than boring old white.
    • She found her job boring.
    • That film was dead boring.
    • The game was boring for the spectators.
    • Try not to make your diet boring.
    • His letters are really rather boring.
    • Your life must be incredibly boring.
    • The job sounds really boring.
    Topics Working lifea1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • for
    phrases
    • boring old
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See boring in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee boring in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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