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Boredom

/bˈɔrdəm/
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(noun) The state of being bored.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.
It was boredom that Aldous Huxley considered one of the most dangerous human conditions.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He read several books to escape the ____ of the long hospital stay tonight.

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