boringness
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈbɔːrɪŋnəs/
- - "Boringness"?
Examples
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Of course, these are only my two cents, but I felt an urge to make them public after I had read so many comments about the show having jumped the shark or following a downward spiral into boringness.
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"A lot of adults confuse growing up with a sense of seriousness, boringness," he said, noting the importance of becoming a "super child"—an adult who can still take time to live like his or her younger counterparts.
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Slowly but surely, all my friends will catch up with my level of boringness.
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I'll skip the boringness and open Google Maps and make your way to some address for your next clue.
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It used to be the cutting edge of boring boringness, and now it's sweet.
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Impatience is an early indicator of boringness.
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If you have this notion of objective boringness, then it becomes a much less trivial question to ask in this hypothetical condition of a solved world.
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Still, we're all getting to that level of 'boringness' you mentioned (LOL), and I think that while I'm behind a lot of my friends (who still accepted me even though I was partying!) and I'm ahead of others (who I still accept, too!).
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The boringness of the lecture made it hard for the students to stay awake.
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Many people struggled to cope with the boringness of the long, uneventful summer days.
Synonyms
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1.3
A feeling of being tired and restless when you have nothing to do
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5.5
A boring feeling when things are the same again and again
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6.8
Feeling bored from doing the same thing for a long time
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3.7
Something that is not interesting or exciting
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4.1
A pleasant, polite style that feels too safe or insincere
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6.0
A feeling that a task is boring because it is long or always the same
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6.2
A dull, gloomy feeling that makes things seem not interesting
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5.1
A plain, dull appearance with no bright color or style
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9.3
A lack of energy and interest in speech or writing
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6.7
A state of being ordinary and not exciting
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9.6
Lack of flavor or interest that makes something dull
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8.4
A feeling that something is dull and boring
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5.6
A boring feeling caused by something that lasts a long time
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8.2
Being dull and without strong taste or interest
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5.8
The quality of being boring and unoriginal
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9.1
The quality of being ordinary and not exciting
A quality that makes people not want to pay attention
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Morphology
Etymology
Boringness comes from the common verb bore, which once meant 'to make a hole' and later also came to mean 'to make someone tired'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine your interest with a 'hole' in it, as if your attention falls through. So, boringness is the quality of being dull or causing a loss of interest.