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’ve been played songs that were built on an algorithm, and I found them kind of boring.

From Los Angeles Times

I only drink espresso drinks, which is a fact about me, which is very boring.

From Los Angeles Times

“It allowed me better ways of articulating how the disease feels rather than boring my mates off,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

Many students say they skip because school is ‘boring.’

From Los Angeles Times

"He was very much 'I am a mountain biker through and through. You are not going to get me on the track, it's boring'."

From BBC

Related Words

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