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

"I think a lot of people are always like: 'Oh, classical music is so boring'," says 15-year-old Si.

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“I said no static pictures, too boring,” said Bishop Timothy Freyer, auxiliary bishop of the diocese.

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The email in question was certainly boring enough to be written by ChatGPT.

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For Mukherjea, the lesson is to buy blue chip Indian names that domestic newbies find boring and global investors have sidelined to chase AI stocks elsewhere.

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He described the case in July as "pretty boring stuff".

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• trite 
• uninteresting