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