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bored

 adjective
     
bored S3
tired and impatient because you do not think something is interesting, or because you have nothing to do:
He was easily bored.
After a while I got bored and left.
bored with
Are you bored with your present job?
! Do not confuse bored, which describes a feeling, and boring, which describes something that makes you feel bored: bored students | a boring job
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