boring

¹

[bawr-ing]

adjective

1. causing or marked by boredom; dull and uninteresting; tiresome: to have a boring time.

   a boring discussion;

   to have a boring time.

   Synonyms: tedious, tiresome, dull

boring

²

[bawr-ing, bohr-]

noun

1. Machinery.

   1. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole.

   2. the hole so made.

2. Geology.,  a cylindrical sample of earth strata obtained by boring a vertical hole.

3. borings, the chips, fragments, or dust produced in boring.

boring

¹

/ ˈbɔːrɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole

   2. the hole made in this way

2. (often plural) a fragment, particle, chip, etc, produced during boring

boring

²

/ ˈbɔːrɪŋ /

adjective

1. dull; repetitious; uninteresting

Other Word Forms

• boringly adverb
• boringness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of boring¹

First recorded in 1835–45; bore ¹ + -ing ²

Origin of boring²

First recorded in 1400–50; bore ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

"Watching England now and some of the games, you know they're going to win, it can be a bit boring," he said.

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Ben: To Tuchel, you probably didn't hear more from the fans because the second half was boring.

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He’s figured out something the rest of Wall Street seems constitutionally incapable of grasping: that dividends are boring — which is precisely why they work.

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The Oilers and Panthers, who also met in last year’s Cup final, appear chemically unable to deliver boring hockey.

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After all, simply making the backward route a mirror image of the forward one would be boring.

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Related Words

• dull 
• humdrum 
• lifeless 
• monotonous 
• mundane 
• stale 
• stodgy 
• stuffy 
• stupid 
• tame 
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• trite 
• uninteresting