boring (s)
deadening (s)
dull#1 (s)
ho-hum (s)
irksome (s)
slow (s)
tedious (s)
tiresome (s)
wearisome (s)

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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
Outgoing links
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
Incoming links
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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