bored

/bɔrd/, /boʊrd/ adj

Definition

› feeling tired and unhappy because something is not interesting or because you have nothing to do: He was getting bored doing the same thing every day.

(Definition of bored adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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borderline adj
bore BEAR
bore n SOMETHING NOT INTERESTING
bore v FAIL TO INTEREST
bore v MAKE A HOLE
bored adj
bored to death idiom
boredom n
boring adj
born adj NATURAL
born BEGAN TO EXIST

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bore v FAIL TO INTEREST
bore v MAKE A HOLE
bore n SOMETHING NOT INTERESTING
bored to death idiom
bored to tears/bored stiff, at bored to death idiom

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bored to death idiom
bored to tears/bored stiff, at bored to death idiom

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