unborable

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Etymology

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un- +‎ borable

Adjective

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unborable (comparative more unborable, superlative most unborable)

  1. Impossible to bore, or cause to lose interest.
    You can talk to him all night about anything: he's quite unborable.
  2. Impossible to bore or drill into.
    • 1908, Charles George Warnford Lock, Miners' Pocket-book, page 216:
      [] rocks having an asbestos-like structure are almost unborable, the time amounting to several hours per ft.