bored

[ bawrd ]

/ bɔrd /

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adjective

wearied by dullness or sameness: This activity will keep bored children entertained on those long summer days.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of bore¹.

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Origin of bored

bore¹ + -ed²

Words nearby bored

bordure, bore, boreal, Boreas, borecole, bored, boredom, boree, boreen, borehole, Borel

How to use bored in a sentence

This coming from a member of the elite Exum Mountain Guides, a grizzled alpinist who has spent decades in the Greater Ranges—the astonishingly epic landscapes that you’d assume would render relatively dinky Western deciduous forests boring.
On Sleeping in the Largest Organism on Earth|Leath Tonino|November 19, 2020|Outside Online
I decided that retirement was boring and have joined the Developer Division at Microsoft.
Python creator Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft|Frederic Lardinois|November 12, 2020|TechCrunch
It was boring, and the Gators have never won big while being boring.
College football winners and losers for Week 10: Florida is fun again and Georgia is done|Patrick Stevens|November 8, 2020|Washington Post
Commonwealth said in a press release that they hope to demonstrate a 20 Tesla large-bore magnet in 2021.
New Reactor Design Could Produce First Ever Energy-Positive Fusion Reaction|Edd Gent|October 5, 2020|Singularity Hub

Otherwise, they simply settle into conflict-free bores where everybody is nice to each other.
Saturday Night Live will not save you|Emily VanDerWerff|October 2, 2020|Vox
Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
Sia and Shia LaBeouf’s Pedophilia Nontroversy Over ‘Elastic Heart’|Marlow Stern|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I was bored, but I grabbed a red Solo cup, filled it with beer, and stayed with my group, chatting with the brothers about Jim.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was suddenly so bored," he confesses, "I was underworked and overpaid.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Then I came back to Panama again, sat down at my desk and was bored as hell," he says.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was full of the sorts of people I used to be when I watched him on MuchMusic—bored, greasy-fingered teenagers.
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything|Soraya Roberts|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Toward the close of it were the usual number of toasts in honour of Liszt, to which he responded in rather a bored sort of way.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
I'm getting rather bored, you know, Georgie, with the fuss people make in town.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Moreover, she had never so thoroughly enjoyed being a girl, and love-making would have bored her grievously.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The sound holes may have been traced down and even the upper and lower circular holes bored.
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick
Further, excellent as he was as a strategist and tactician, the details of administration bored him.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison

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