boresome

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They sit torpidly through classes and wonder why the professors are so boresome.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is trying so hard to maintain its reputation for this gift, that sooner or later, it becomes obnoxious and boresome: How do you get that way?

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Odets falls into a common trap: he cannot convey the peevish boredom of his floating prison without turning boresome himself.

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Few others watched the takeoff, for news of new air record-seekers has become boresome even in facilely enthusiastic Texas.

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French actors seem to be able to come into a room, sit down at a table and talk for half an hour, using almost no gestures, without becoming in the least boresome or monotonous.

From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen