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Boring

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dullverbBoring; not exciting or interesting.
tediousBoring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
irksomeMarked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition
wearisomeTiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.
slowverbTaking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
tiresomeCausing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
uninterestingArousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.
ho-hum(dated, US, Canada) Boring; not interesting or novel.
deadeningnounThe process by which something is deadened.
drillingnounThe act or process of drilling.
oil productionnounthe act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

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drillingnounThe act or process of drilling.
slowverbTaking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
tiresomeCausing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
wearisomeTiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.
deadeningnounThe process by which something is deadened.
tediousBoring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
irksomeMarked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition
dullverbBoring; not exciting or interesting.
ho-hum(dated, US, Canada) Boring; not interesting or novel.
uninterestingArousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.
oil productionnounthe act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
holenounA hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
drillnoun(transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
boreholenounA hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water.
piercenoun(transitive) To puncture; to break through.
piercingnounA hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it.
crapnoun(slang, mildly vulgar, uncountable) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
foragenounTo search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
platenounA slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
rignoun(nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.

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