boredom

“Close my eyes! Very well. I will humor you, but only out of boredom.”

It was a situation that led to one of the greatest challenges of long-term Arctic searching—boredom.

Three years into a thirty-year sentence, the Soviet spy battled boredom and loneliness with letters to his wife and daughter, crossword puzzles, and chess in the prison yard.

“I can’t wait until spring, when I can wander through tall grass and feel warm sunlight on my back. I just hope I don’t die of boredom first!”

The independent chief inspector of borders and immigration has also said there is an "overwhelming feeling of hopelessness caused by boredom" among migrants there.