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[ adjective ] so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Examples "a boring evening with uninteresting people" "the deadening effect of some routine tasks" "a dull play" "a ho-hum speaker" "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke Used in print (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)The family was Protestant , but for me it was only irksome and I let it go . Related terms |
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