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bored

adjective
\ ˈbȯrd How to pronounce bored (audio) \

Definition of bored

: filled with or characterized by boredom had never been more bored in her life a bored voice Bobbi slouched back against the cushions doing her best impression of a bored teenager …— Ingrid Law

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Examples of bored in a Sentence

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Mark Tritton, the chief merchant Cornell had poached from Nordstrom a year earlier, has long argued that strong brands would lure back bored shoppers and win younger ones. Fortune, "Big-Box Rebound: How Target Packaged a Turnaround," 20 Aug. 2019 It’s hard to get bored with so many mix-and-match choices at this spot near the Macalester College campus, where seafood boils are the star of the menu. Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, "Nothing fishy about our love of seafood: Here are 5 favorite Twin Cities’ spots to get it," 25 July 2019

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First Known Use of bored

1823, in the meaning defined above

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