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microboredom

microboredom noun: momentary or short-lived boredom.

Noun

microboredom (uncountable)

  1. Momentary or short-lived boredom.
    • Orange spokesman Matt Sears says you can use MobiTV to watch "regular telly in moments of microboredom".2005 June 30, Jack Schofield, “One size fits all networks”, in The Guardian

Forms of microboredom

alternative formmicro-boredom

Origin of microboredom

From micro- + boredom.

Questions about microboredom

What does microboredom mean?
Microboredom means momentary or short-lived boredom.
What part of speech is microboredom?
Microboredom is a noun.

Words near microboredom in the dictionary

  1. microbolometric
  2. microbomb
  3. microbombarded
  4. microbombs
  5. microbore
  6. microboredom
  7. microborer
  8. microborers
  9. microbores
  10. microboring
  11. microborings

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