boringness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English boren Middle English -ynge Middle English boryng English boring Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English boringness From boring + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or condition of being boring.
Instinctively, before they had a chance to open their mouths, she knew not only that they were bores but the quality of their boringness.
1948, John Lehmann, The Penguin new writing:An Analysis of Superficial Boredom and Its Relation to the Boring Object Heidegger does not begin his analysis of "superficial boredom" with boredom itself but with what is boring, or the boringness of a boring object.
1997, Eugene H. Elias (Jr), The American University, The role of boredom and anxiety in early HeideggerFriends with me, the poster child for imperfection and boringness.
2005, Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, Lily B. on the Brink of Cool:More than one critic has said, of course, that the boringness of the "New Novel" is a feature of its authenticity.
1964, Stephen Spender, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Encounter:
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Translations (5)
pl nudność (state of being boring) · nl saaiheid (state of being boring) · ru скучность (state of being boring) · lv garlaicīgums (state of being boring) · hu unalmasság (state of being boring)