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boresome en · ADJ

Etymology

From bore + -some.

Meanings

1. Marked by boredom; boring; uninteresting
   • Boresome time descended. The kind of time that droops over your knuckles and impedes your fingers' function. 2007, Katherine Baccaro, Precipice: A Novel of Lust and Lies:
   • “[...] You got to hang on to the melody and never let it get boresome.” That desire never to be “boresome” underscored the ebullience and joy in most of his songs. 2006, Philip Furia, Michael L. Lasser, America's Songs:
   • [...], but if he didn't, he says, the job would be too boresome. Boresome, too boresome, is a good way to describe that ten- hour round-trip ride. I am one of the few making it alone. 2002, Sigrid Nunez, For Rouenna:

Forms

Deriveds

boresomely · boresomeness