yawnsome

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English

Etymology

From yawn +‎ -some.

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Adjective

yawnsome (comparative more yawnsome, superlative most yawnsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by yawning; boring; dull.
    • 2007, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Conflict of Honors:
      Take good care of them, please; they both seem a bit yawnsome—is that a word?
    • 2013, Susan Bennett, Performing Nostalgia:
      This yawnsome tract is possibly the most over-rated play of all time.
    • 2013, Marian Keyes, The Mystery of Mercy Close:
      I took another admiring look around Wayne'sliving room. Beautiful. I wouldn't malign itby callingitcozy butit certainly wasn't oneofthose overmale rooms with hard,square edges andbrown leather Eameschairs. (So yawnsome, Eames chairs, so utterly unimaginative.)

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