Common Mistakes : Dull
Dull – Adjective
BAD: If I did the same thing every day, I would be dull
GOOD: If I did the same thing every day, I would be bored
DUBIOUS: It was such a dull job that I decided to leave
GOOD: It was such a boring job that I decided to leave
When dull is used to describe a person, it means ‘slow to learn or understand’: He was one of the dullest students I’d ever taught
Both dull and boring can mean ‘uninteresting’ but in this sense dull usually describes a lecture, book, film etc: The lecture was so dull that some of the students got up and left
bored = tired and uninterested: bored students
boring = causing someone to be tired and uninterested: a boring lesson