Definitions
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- noun The state or condition of being
boring .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
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Examples
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I was never a Faith fan on Buffy (in fact I nearly hated her at times), and so even though this show looked interesting, I couldn't get past Eliza Dushku's boringness from the trailers.
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His boringness was the culmination of weeks of boredom.
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However, I can say with certainty that Lost is disappointing me on the regular, and the whiteness and maleness and boringness and fantasy crap (I believe that is spoiler free, we can get specific up in the comments) is upsetting me.
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The pain is not physical, but more sinister, an uneasiness -- anxiety about lack of talent, boringness, poor word choice.
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The pain is not physical, but more sinister, an uneasiness -- anxiety about lack of talent, boringness, poor word choice.
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The pain is not physical, but more sinister, an uneasiness -- anxiety about lack of talent, boringness, poor word choice.
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The pain is not physical, but more sinister, an uneasiness -- anxiety about lack of talent, boringness, poor word choice.
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Anyone who is of like minds with me about the boringness of Cally deserves to be President.
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The pain is not physical, but more sinister, an uneasiness -- anxiety about lack of talent, boringness, poor word choice.
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This is where famous and important people being grilled hide now: in boringness, in an opacity of language so thick that following them is actually impossible.
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