nonboring

N1O1N1B3O1R1I1N1G2

adjective

That does not bore (drill holes).

“a nonboring insect”

Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivenonboring (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat does not bore (drill holes).

    a nonboring insect

  2. not comparableNot boring (tedious); interesting.

    Members of the British royal family are meant to publicly affect a lack of views on all potentially nonboring subjects.

    2009 June 19, Sarah Lyall, “In England, a Royal Taste That Alters the Landscape”, in New York Times

Origin

From non- + boring.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

nonboring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonboring

MLA

“nonboring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonboring. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonboring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonboring.

Source: nonboring on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.