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

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

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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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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."

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This was his daily grind, the boresome drudgery of every afternoon; and around him, with similar expressions of disgust on their faces, a large number of the country's representatives were busy at the same task.

From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Goldberg, Isaac