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interesting vs boring vs dull

interesting

Definitions

adjective

  1. arousing or holding the attention

Examples

She has certainly branched out into more interesting work in recent years.

Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.

The premise kinda sounds interesting and it has a good cast, but it also sounds a bit too overdramatic and emo …

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boring

Definitions

noun

  1. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
  2. the act of drilling

adjective

  1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Examples

The first part of the book is pretty boring, but it gets a lot better as the story goes on.

For most people such details might be rather boring, but Robertson makes the narrative come alive through the personalities.

Now, I can't help but wonder if these people have a quick look-see, utter ‘boring’ and move on, or whether they're actually reading anything I bother to blather on about in here.

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