Meteor is out of the ordinary in a boring way (8)

I believe the answer is:

tiresome

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'ordinary in a boring way' is the definition.
'tiresome' can be an answer for 'ordinary' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'in a boring way' bit.

'meteor is out of' is the wordplay.
'out of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'meteor'+'is'='meteoris'
'meteoris' anagrammed gives 'TIRESOME'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tiresome that I've seen before include "irritating" , "Aggravating" , "Wearying" , "Boring, irksome (colloq.)" , "Boring, annoying" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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