Boring (Adjective)
Meaning
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The lecture was so boring that many students fell asleep in class.
- Her job was boring, consisting of repetitive tasks with little creativity involved.
- The movie was boring, with too much talking and not enough action.
- He found the history book boring, with too many dates and names to remember.
- The long drive through the desert was boring, with nothing but sand and rocks in sight.