The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BORED
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More clues leading to the result BORED
- Short of things to do, maybe, old dons procreated
- Fed up as soldiers kept in base?
- Fed up with committee, by the sound of it
- Upset with neglect of the sick
- Fed up and embarrassed by body odour
- Not interested in meals being delivered?
- Men in the sack not showing interest
- By the sound of it, committee nodding off?
- Browned off? Yes, if two points ignored
- Disaffected directors, from what we hear
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The straight part
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What does BORED mean?
BORED verb- To inspire boredom in somebody.
- To make a hole through something.
- To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
- To fool; to trick.
- Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do
- Uninterested, without attention
- Perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)