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# boredom

«boredom» in Mova's school dictionary: **The feeling of being bored, when you have nothing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (boredom — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

The feeling of being bored, when you have nothing interesting to do or are not interested in what you are doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, boredom is a normal feeling; it can make us creative, like inventing games or drawing. In stories, a bored character often goes looking for adventure or trouble. Phrases: out of boredom, die of boredom, beat boredom, boredom buster.

### examples

- I read a book to beat the boredom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x1)
- On long car trips, boredom sets in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x2)
- He doodled out of boredom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x3)
- Boredom can spark great ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x4)
- The cat chewed the rug from boredom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x5)
- We made a list of boredom busters for rainy days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: "boredom", not "a boredom". It comes from "bored" + "-dom". Do not confuse "bored" (feeling no interest) with "boring" (causing that feeling): "I am bored because the film is boring."

### In the corpora

- [Boredom is often the start of creativity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/5/)
- [Boredom is the start of creativity: a rainy day with no screen can become a den, a story or a cake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud/4/)
- [Feelings like jealousy, boredom and excitement are normal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments/0/)
- [Boredom is not a problem to fix with a screen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments/5/)
- [Even boredom is useful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «boredom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.