Unbored

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of unbore form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not having been bored or drilled through. not-comparable

    "an unbored disc"

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

    "[…] each of us, her lovers, must have known that it was not in our power to make her unbored. We felt that somebody some day might, and that we should be left behind on that day. In spite of her seeming languor Betula had a great addiction to tennis."

Example

More examples

"[…] each of us, her lovers, must have known that it was not in our power to make her unbored. We felt that somebody some day might, and that we should be left behind on that day. In spite of her seeming languor Betula had a great addiction to tennis."

Etymology

From un- + bored.

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