boring vs mind-numbing

boring

adj
  • Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do. 

  • Capable of penetrating; piercing. 

  • Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes. 

  • Causing boredom or tiredness; making you to feel tired and impatient. 

noun
  • Fragment thrown up when something is bored or drilled. 

  • A pit or hole which has been bored. 

mind-numbing

adj
  • Excessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation. 

How often have the words boring and mind-numbing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )