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unbored

adj

Etymology

From un- + bored.

  1. inherited from *burōną✻
  2. inherited from *borōn✻
  3. inherited from borian — “to pierce”
  4. inherited from boren
  5. formed as bored — “bore + -ed”
  6. prefixed as unbored — “un + bored”

Definitions

  1. Not having been bored or drilled through.

    • an unbored disc

  2. Not or no longer bored (suffering from boredom).

    • Mrs. Ewing has a way of scaring a lot of people. I think it’s because she’s so rich and knits and, too, she sort of goes around looking bored all the time and you feel as if you’ve got to make her unbored.
    • Kathy pouts a lot and feels a sense of boredom and restlessness. In many ways she expects Don to make her "unbored," initiate new directions in their marriage, make her decisions for her, and make her feel important and special.

  3. simple past and past participle of unbore

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA