boring

boring
adj.
VERBS
be, look, seem, sound
become, get
make sth

Try not to make the diet boring.

consider sb/sth, find sb/sth, think sb/sth

She found her job boring.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
awfully (esp. BrE), dead (BrE), incredibly, terribly
completely, downright, utterly
a little, slightly, etc.
PREPOSITION
for

The game was boring for the spectators.

PHRASES
boring old

Green is much better than boring old white.

Boring is used with these nouns: ↑bit, ↑existence, ↑film, ↑job, ↑lecture, ↑lesson, ↑life, ↑meeting, ↑speech, ↑wait

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