as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
I was completely bored during that speech
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as in drilled
to make a hole or series of holes in
some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard
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as in wearied
to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous
the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death
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Recent Examples of bored
Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 28 Jan. 2025
Though Musk, 53, appeared bored with the call-out about what many saw as a white supremacist dog whistle, a number of neo-Nazi leaders shared the clip, according to AFP.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2025
Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Doing the same things every day and not getting bored with doing the same things every day.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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This way kids are presumably less bored, and the staff gets to know your likes and dislikes.
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Doing the same things every day and not getting bored with doing the same things every day.
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“Bored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bored. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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