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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

bored

/bɔɹd/

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What does bored mean?

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of bore

adjective

  1. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
  2. Perforated by a hole or holes.

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IPA pronunciation

/bɔɹd/

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She could sit for hours and watch the sage-hens fly up and the jack-rabbits dart away from the track, without being bored.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
And forthwith, beginning in the tone of a man supremely bored, but presently warming a little, he explained his work to me.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe island of Doctor MoreauProject Gutenberg ebook #159
More book examples (2)
“You had better not take it too hard. If you are bored, you needn’t be afraid to say so—to me at least.”
Henry JamesThe EuropeansProject Gutenberg ebook #179
For it must be remembered that the articles already found have been discovered in the narrow holes bored or dug for wells.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109