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Noun
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Turning ennui into engagement There are actions both bosses and employees can take to improve morale when work starts to feel boring and underwhelming.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2025 -
Like his late father’s homing pigeons who keep returning to their shabby rooftop coop — a holding-pattern image that echoes the ennui of Terry Malloy on a very different waterfront — he’s imprisoned by the limits of his knowledge, the petrified loop of his experience.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Puzzle toys and long walks are just two ways to keep your pets happy and ward off boredom.—
Maddie Topliff,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
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These men would have long periods of time being idle, and the contrast between boredom and peril is pretty extreme.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The tedium of dealing with, say, health insurance or car registration can be maddening.—
Jaron Lanier,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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Gopnik recounts numerous spats between Barnes and his sometimes friends, entertaining episodes that leave the reader feeling a sense of tedium with a man who seems to work constantly against his own best interests.—
Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Cabrera previously detailed his regret and what spending time in prison did to change him to The Daily Mail.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Now, however, King is determined to put that regret in the past.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Morbidness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morbidness. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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