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boring

A1Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/US /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/
adjective

not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient

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So when I attended Babson I was, in a word, boring.

Akio Toyoda at Babson's Centennial Commencement (2019)

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