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type | s |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness |
examples | a boring evening with uninteresting people the deadening effect of some routine tasks a dull play his competent but dull performance a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention what an irksome task the writing of long letters is Edmund Burke tedious days on the train the tiresome chirping of a cricket Mark Twain other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome |
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Similar to | uninteresting |
Derivationally related form | tiresome → tiresomeness |
Derivationally related form | tedious → tedium |
Derivationally related form | tedious → tedium |
Derivationally related form | tedious → tediousness |
Derivationally related form | dull → dullness |
Derivationally related form | boring → boringness |
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Similar to | uninteresting |
Derived from adjective | tiresomely → tiresome |
Derived from adjective | tediously → tedious |
Derived from adjective | boringly → boring |
Derivationally related form | dullness → dull |
Derivationally related form | boringness → boring |
Derivationally related form | tiresomeness → tiresome |
Derivationally related form | tedium → tedious |
Derivationally related form | tediousness → tedious |
Derivationally related form | tedium → tedious |
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