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adjective

• very bored.

                                                                                                      
  
                                                          
  
  Citation from "Never Let Me Go", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode Episode 5 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Dec 25 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 25 2012.

notes

• Also see bore to death.

  Last edited on Aug 14 2019. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 14 2019.

noun - uncountable

• extreme boredom with one's job, leading to reduced performance and life satisfaction. Compare with burnout.

                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "Forget burnout, boreout is the new office disease", Times Online, Roger Boyes, September 15, 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jan 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 29 2009.

notes

• For more information, see the Wikipedia article for boreout.

  Last edited on Jan 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 20 2010.

verb - transitive

• to make a person extremely bored.

  That book will bore you shitless.

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  Last edited on Oct 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.