boring

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     adj : so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a
           boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the
           deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play";
           "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker
           who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome
           task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke;
           "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of
           a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are
           dreadfully wearisome" [syn: deadening, dull, ho-hum,
            irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome]
     n 1: the act of drilling [syn: drilling]
     2: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of
        producing petroleum [syn: drilling, oil production]