boresome

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Lewis promptly obliged: "I denounce Mr. Bernard DeVoto as a fool and a tedious and egotistical fool." he wrote, "as a liar and a pompous and boresome liar."

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.

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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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They do not abound in the boresome self-conscious quietude that some producers have substituted for the usual twitching.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel