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boredom

[bawr-duhm, bohr-]

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noun

the state of being bored; tedium; ennui.

Origin:
1850–55; bore² + -dom

Synonyms
dullness, doldrums, weariness.

Antonyms
excitement, diversion, amusement.

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The continental model encourages less work at the cost of boredom.

But that's no excuse for allowing our attention to waver or letting boredom get the better of us at any stage of the process.

Intended to maintain calm, the ordinance succeeded in enforcing boredom.

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The continental model encourages less work at the cost of boredom.

But that's no excuse for allowing our attention to waver or letting boredom get the better of us at any stage of the process.

Intended to maintain calm, the ordinance succeeded in enforcing boredom.

James was surprised how much the boredom and loneliness got to him.

My opinion: people drink in excess due to loneliness, boredom and/or escapism.

Consumerism is installed in communities living on subsistence and boredom abounds in affluent societies.

There is plenty of summer vacation season left on the calendar, and boredom may already be settling in around the house.

Avoid staying in bed for long periods of time while awake, or going to bed because of boredom.

His motivation as a teacher was that he loved what he taught and wanted others to find more than boredom in his field.

The boredom can be as painful for theatre-goers as the stifled hopes and unrealised dreams are for his characters.

Most casual visitors will swear time has stopped dead, that the only thing growing faster than the wheat is boredom.

In addition, intelligent people tend to pursue new, stimulating experiences to stave off boredom.

Some walked out in boredom or disgust, according to the source.

The company says that the signs relieve the boredom on the long ride to the top.

For many students, the experience of school is dominated by large doses of boredom and anxiety.

There is another reason why having lots of young, underemployed natives kicking their heels is not a good idea: boredom.

Laura has to stand the roughness and boredom of the long journey to the prairie in a covered wagon.

Try to remember that the media is fighting a losing battle with boredom and over dramatizes everything.

There's an inherent trap in visual effects: staying one step ahead of audience boredom.

Other parts of the world have yet to discover the benefits of transnational committee-induced boredom.

If you're bored and looking for a new challenge, this ain't the way to fix your boredom.

Sure, you won't get shot walking the streets, but you will die of boredom.

The habit could be an act of boredom or play, experts say.

Of course, it's good to persevere with a book beyond the first moments of boredom or distraction.

Your chances of success would be small and your chances of dying of boredom would great.

The solution to not having a life is to get a life, not mindless vandalism out of boredom.

War is bursts of destruction and loss followed by interminable days of boredom spent wondering who will be next.

But even then the low brain will not leave us alone for it will radiate boredom if time is not spent in pursuit of what it wants.

Others have sought to escape the boredom of retirement.

However wrapped up in sonorous stuff about synergy, plenty of mergers begin with sheer executive boredom.

Having some color in my tops saves me from worrying about using accessories to alleviate boredom.

Almost as silly as going to court over ten hours of boredom.

Playing virtual tennis and golf maintains his arm strength and prevents boredom.

Research suggests that boredom allows the brain to recast the outside world in ways that can be productive and creative.

It's a vibrant place, where boredom will be the last of your worries and where.

Long stretches of boredom at camp alternate with risky rescue missions, dangerous guerilla attacks, and deadly roadside bombings.

The heat from one side and the boredom from the other side.

At the plusher end of the market, the techniques deployed against boredom are much more elaborate.

The highly gifted child will typically have no intellectual peers and endure both boredom and bullying when kept at grade level.

Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure.

Nowhere are the boredom and despair more apparent than in the empty domestic lives of the families connected to the command base.

Respectfully, feelings of boredom and listlessness may be symptoms of a more general issue.

The highly gifted child will typically have no intellectual peers and endure both boredom and bullying when kept at grade.

Hetherington recorded firefights, reconnaissance missions, sessions of rowdy horseplay and hours of grinding boredom.

If you don't relish the idea of fighting boredom on a treadmill, then don't make it part of your workout routine.

They can be seriously teased and tormented by other children and can suffer from great boredom and misunderstanding at school.

The fazenderos are leading their wealthy life in absolute boredom.

Like the life a solider, the life of central banker seems to be years of boredom interspersed with moments of sheer terror.

Other head music may be induced by a memory from summer camp, the stresses of work or simply the boredom of office meetings.

Misanthropy was never so much fun, and the boredom of contemporary adolescence has rarely been so thrilling.

It was evolved from simple games that were created to alleviate boredom in the paleolithic times.

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World English Dictionary

boredom (ˈbɔːdəm)

—n
	the state of being bored; tedium

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Word Origin & History

boredom

"state of being bored," 1852, from bore (v.) + -dom. It also has been employed in a sense "bores as a class" (1883) and "practice of being a bore" (1864, a sense properly belonging to boreism, 1833).

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