Definitions for BORING
ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr-bor·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drilling, boringnoun

   the act of drilling

2. boring, drilling, oil productionadjective

   the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

3. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisomeadjective

   so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

   "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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. boringnoun

   A pit or hole which has been bored.

2. boringadjective

   That which incites boredom in a person.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boring

   Boring is a term used to describe something that is not interesting, tedious, dull, or monotonous. It can refer to an activity, event, object, person or place that lacks excitement, variety or stimulating characteristics, often leading to a feeling of fatigue or dissatisfaction.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Boring

   of Bore

2. Boringnoun

   the act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks

3. Boringnoun

   a hole made by boring

4. Boringnoun

   the chips or fragments made by boring

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Boring

   Boring is an unincorporated community located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 212. It is approximately eight miles south of Gresham and about the same distance from Clackamas, both suburbs of Portland. The town is roughly twenty-two miles southeast from downtown Portland.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boring

   In Arctic seas, the operation of forcing the ship through loose ice under a heavy press of sail; at least attempting the chance of advantage of cracks or openings in the pack.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BORING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Boring is ranked #5986 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Boring surname appeared 5,746 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Boring.
   
   94.1% or 5,410 total occurrences were White.
   2.6% or 154 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 84 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 38 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 31 total occurrences were Black.
   0.5% or 29 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Creating By Removal

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BORING' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1767

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BORING' in Adjectives Frequency: #732

Anagrams for BORING »

1. orbing

2. robing

How to pronounce BORING?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say BORING in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BORING in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BORING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of BORING in a Sentence

1. Zoe Lofgren:

   It's such a sea change from the DOMA bill, and I think the divisiveness between House Democrats is very low, the press, sometimes because it's boring to say people agree, believes the interesting story is disagreement. But the Democratic caucus is very cohesive.

2. J. R. R. Tolkien:

   Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works...

3. Joy Behar:

   I can watch CNN, or something really, really boring… or some real old movie like ‘Casablanca,’ which I keep on all the time, and I can conk out for 10, 15 minutes.

4. Maxim Behar:

   Live communication, live contact, and live presentation are becoming increasingly dominants in our lives, let alone in our business. So everything that's not live is doomed to quickly become already known, obsolete, and boring.

5. Eliezer Paul-Gindiri:

   I think it's just the uniqueness of it and it being something new to golf, you're seeing the same stuff over and over again, it gets boring. So once people saw it, they were like,' what the hell ?' . They've never seen anything like that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=BORING
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Boring
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BORING
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=BORING
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=BORING
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html