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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Few others watched the takeoff, for news of new air record-seekers has become boresome even in facilely enthusiastic Texas.
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Odets falls into a common trap: he cannot convey the peevish boredom of his floating prison without turning boresome himself.
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So thorough a wooing song did this aria from Mignon become that the opera itself became boresome.
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"It's rather boresome taking visitors around Memorial—Oh, they won't hear!" he concluded, as Brenda raised a warning finger.
From Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' by Helen Leah Reed