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adj. VERBS be, look, seem, sound | become, get | make sth Try not to make the diet boring. | consider sb/sth, find sb/sth, think sb/sth She found her job boring. ADV. awfully, dead, extremely, incredibly, really, terribly, very That film was dead boring. | completely, downright, utterly | a bit, fairly, pretty, quite, rather, slightly PREP. for The game was boring for the spectators. PHRASES boring old Green is much better than boring old white.
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boring
not interesting in any way:
• a boring speech • He found school incredibly boring.
not very interesting
[ not before noun ] very ordinary and therefore rather boring. People often use this phrase in everyday English, instead of saying directly that something is boring:
• The story wasn’t very interesting.
dull
especially written boring:
• The conference was usually a dull affair. • Life was never dull.
tedious
very boring and continuing for a long time:
• The process was tedious and slow. • Jake began the tedious task of sorting through his papers.
monotonous
boring and always the same:
• The work was monotonous and unchallenging. • He was only half listening to the monotonous voice of the teacher.
mundane
rather boring, because it is connected with things you do regularly as part of your daily life:
• He busied himself with the mundane task of cleaning the house. • Most arguments are over mundane issues like spending or saving money.
humdrum
[ usually before noun ] boring because nothing new or interesting ever happens:
• He wanted to escape his humdrum life. • a humdrum existence
dry
a subject, piece of writing etc that is dry is boring because it is very serious and does not contain any humour:
• The students complained that the lecture was dry and uninspiring. • a dry academic volume
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