boring

¹

[ bawr-ing ]

adjective

1. causing or marked by boredom; dull and uninteresting; tiresome: to have a boring time.

   a boring discussion;

   to have a boring time.

   Synonyms: tedious, tiresome, dull

boring

²

[ bawr-ing, bohr- ]

noun

1. Machinery.
   1. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole.
   2. the hole so made.
2. Geology. a cylindrical sample of earth strata obtained by boring a vertical hole.
3. borings, the chips, fragments, or dust produced in boring.

boring

¹

/ ˈbɔːrɪŋ /

adjective

1. dull; repetitious; uninteresting

boring

²

/ ˈbɔːrɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole
   2. the hole made in this way
2. often plural a fragment, particle, chip, etc, produced during boring

Derived Forms

• ˈboringly, adverb

Other Words From

• bor·ing·ly adverb
• bor·ing·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of boring¹

First recorded in 1835–45; bore ¹ + -ing ²

Origin of boring²

First recorded in 1400–50; bore ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Zilbalodis would find it “quite boring” to go down that road.

From Los Angeles Times

I enjoyed the challenge of catching up, but once that happened, school was boring again.

From Los Angeles Times

"I forgot how boring president is," Austin said.

From Salon

But Trump always cared about having his ego regularly fluffed over boring matters of governance, and this tendency appears to have worsened with age.

From Salon

Fed up with Los Angeles traffic, Elon Musk launched The Boring Co. with two tweets in 2016, promising “to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• dull
• humdrum
• lifeless
• monotonous
• mundane
• stale
• stodgy
• stuffy
• stupid
• tame
• tedious
• tiresome
• tiring
• trite
• uninteresting