boresome
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They sit torpidly through classes and wonder why the professors are so boresome.
From Time Magazine Archive
Odets falls into a common trap: he cannot convey the peevish boredom of his floating prison without turning boresome himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
So thorough a wooing song did this aria from Mignon become that the opera itself became boresome.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Denver, socially boresome classmates formerly referred to as "creeps" are now called "meals"; a "sizzle" is a general term describing anyone from a creep to a showoff.
From Time Magazine Archive
Better a rehearsal conducted in this way and only one hour long, than a slow-moving, boresome affair, two hours in length.
From Essentials in Conducting by Karl Wilson Gehrkens
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