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unbored

unbored adjective: not having been bored or drilled through. Also the simple past and past participle of unbore.

Adjective

unbored (not comparable)

  1. Not having been bored or drilled through.
    • an unbored disc
  2. Not or no longer bored (suffering from boredom).
    • […] 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.1961, Eric Bligh, Faintly Smiling Mouth, London: Secker & Warburg, page 63
    • Mrs. Ewing has a way of scaring a lot of people. I think it’s because she’s so rich and knits and, too, she sort of goes around looking bored all the time and you feel as if you’ve got to make her unbored.1986, Elise Sanguinetti, The Last of the Whitfields, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 37

Also used as

unbored is also the simple past and past participle of unbore.

Examples of unbored in a sentence

  • In many ways she expects Don to make her "unbored," initiate new directions in their marriage, make her decisions for her, and make her feel important and special.1986, Gerald Corey, Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 92:
  • ‘Your friendship’, he told him, ‘which grew steadily upon me, is one of the best things I take a way from the Office…certainly you made a great peace always around me, and kept me unbored and amused’.2008, Sean Greenwood, Titan at the Foreign Office: Gladwyn Jebb and the Shaping of the Modern World, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, →ISBN...
  • I felt mildly sorry for her, so I decided to make her unbored.2013, Melodie Campbell, The Goddaughter’s Revenge, Raven Books, →ISBN, page 99:
  • The pen is mightier than the sword only with readers being unbored.2014, Wayne Myers, Ascension Climber In a Metaphysical Primer: Mental-Physical Ways for Spirited Days, Lulu, →ISBN:

Origin of unbored

From un- + bored.

Questions about unbored

What does unbored mean?
Unbored means not having been bored or drilled through.
How do you use unbored in a sentence?
In many ways she expects Don to make her "unbored," initiate new directions in their marriage, make her decisions for her, and make her feel important and special.
What part of speech is unbored?
Unbored is an adjective.

Words near unbored in the dictionary

  1. unbordered
  2. unbordering
  3. unborders
  4. unbore
  5. unboreable
  6. unbored
  7. unbores
  8. unboring
  9. unborn
  10. unborn child
  11. unborn children

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