: filled with or characterized by boredom
a bored voice
She had never been more bored in her life than while waiting for her delayed flight.
Bobbi slouched back against the cushions doing her best impression of a bored teenager …—
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I was completely bored during that speech
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Additionally, reasons included enjoying the job, liking to work, being bored, and wanting to help others.
—Helen Dennis, Daily News, 2 May 2026
Houle even jokes that Luna gets bored when the two aren't traveling.
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Like the narrator in the song who’s become bored with his attractive partner, Presley spent several years believing that his relationship with music had lost its spark.
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Helen Dennis, Daily News, 2 May 2026
Houle even jokes that Luna gets bored when the two aren't traveling.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Like the narrator in the song who’s become bored with his attractive partner, Presley spent several years believing that his relationship with music had lost its spark.
—Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
Well, according to Paul Kedrosky, a longtime VC at SK Ventures, Larry got bored.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bored
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“Bored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bored. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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