boresome

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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

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

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So thorough a wooing song did this aria from Mignon become that the opera itself became boresome.

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

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Well, Judge, life has become rather boresome, so I thought I would drop in and ask you to do me a small favor.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)