Bored With: Standard Pattern
Bored With: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
Use “bored with” when saying that someone has lost interest in a person, activity, or situation.
Key details
Choose the right form
| Meaning / situation | Construction | Decision |
|---|---|---|
| lost interest in a person, activity, or situation | bored with + noun phrase | use the documented pattern |
| state without naming the cause | bored | the complement may be omitted |
Quick tests
Complement test
Are you naming what has become uninteresting?
If yes: Use “bored with” before the thing or activity.
If no: If the cause is understood, “bored” can stand alone.
Caveat: This page records a standard attested pattern; it does not claim “with” is the only possible complement in English.
Examples
I’m bored with the same weekly report.
“With” introduces what has become uninteresting.
The children were bored by noon.
The adjective can appear without a with-complement.
She grew bored with waiting for updates.
The pattern can take an -ing clause as the complement of “with.”
Further guidance
Construction
Use “bored with” when saying that someone has lost interest in a person, activity, or situation.
Style Boundary
Cambridge also documents “bored of”, so this guide records the “with” pattern without labeling the documented alternative universally wrong.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
- BORED | English meaning — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Direct Cambridge dictionary evidence for “bored with”, while also documenting “bored of” as an alternative.