boresome

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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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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It seemed that they now accepted the thing as settled, and the prospect of further waiting was boresome.

From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)