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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.

Quick answer

Use “bored with” when saying that someone has lost interest in a person, activity, or situation.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termsbored 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.

  1. 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.

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