bored
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bored/bɔːd/
▶adjective weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in something.
– derivatives
boredly adverb.
boredly adverb.
usage: The normal constructions for bored are bored by or bored with. More recently, bored of has emerged, but this construction, though common in informal use, is not yet considered acceptable in standard English.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-bored
▶adjective (of a gun) having a specified bore.
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