Apathetic
Apathetic adjective - Having or showing a lack of interest or concern.
Bored and apathetic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bored" instead an adjective "Apathetic".
Nearby Words: apathy, apathetically
Bored
Bored adjective - Having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted.
Usage example: I was completely bored during that speech
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- Bobo then completes Mike's quotes with an utterly apathetic and bored tone, clearly having heard this several times before.
Source: Never Heard That One Before - Normally bored and apathetic, but threaten his/her family and he/she will brutally and gleefully slaughter you then revive your HEAD and use it as the focus of a spell that wipes out YOU, ANYONE RELATED TO YOU, AND ANYONE RELATED TO THEM.
Source: Berserk Button / Web Comics -
Izuru Kamukura from Dangan Ronpa 3 maintains a completely bored and apathetic expression for most of his appearances, finding the world to be dull...until the Big Bad murders his Love Interest Chiaki via a very extensive Cold-Blooded Torture.
Source: Heartbroken Badass
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