as in dulled
not having brightness, brilliance, or vitality
a lackluster, dingy Main Street a lackluster performance His writing can be lackluster at times.
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as in grayness
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Recent Examples of lackluster
David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024
Pizza giant Papa Johns had a lackluster third quarter, the company reported Thursday.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
Sales fall short of Target Target could use some holiday cheer from shoppers after the retailer reported a decline in sales over the last three months, and expectations of a lackluster holiday shopping season.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Cinema operators need patrons to gorge on film offerings to salvage a lackluster year at the movies.
—Variety, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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After a lackluster first month with the Dolphins in September, Smith has become a focal point of the offense.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024
Pizza giant Papa Johns had a lackluster third quarter, the company reported Thursday.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
Sales fall short of Target Target could use some holiday cheer from shoppers after the retailer reported a decline in sales over the last three months, and expectations of a lackluster holiday shopping season.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Cinema operators need patrons to gorge on film offerings to salvage a lackluster year at the movies.
—Variety, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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While congressional hearings are often dull set pieces, this one offered a remarkably lively and informative discussion of the practicalities and opportunities facing America regarding space resources.Greg Autry, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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For her, the glory of the honeymoon had been in the planning, the dreaming, the building up in her mind; what a letdown to find that Paris was just a place, that some days were full of chill gray drizzle, that the dull, thick bodies of other tourists blocked her from full joy.Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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But the dog domestication saga gets even murkier in the context of the peopling of the Americas, which might have occurred sometime between 27,000 and 16,000 years ago.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Yet the science surrounding the Pet Effect is murky, at best.Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
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The user posted the images and videos, including an image of a light in the sky, and several videos that appear to be shot from a plane cabin, but are very dark.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Editors and dermatologists alike love it for its fine line–smoothing powers, along with its ability to dramatically lighten dark spots caused by sun damage.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
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Less than two weeks after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, an Army-Navy football game played in front of a crowd of 102,000 spectators at Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium on December 7, 1963, might have been a subdued and somber affair.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
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Back in the locker room and away from the field where the Patriots lost a not-as-close-as-it-sounds 34-15 game, the mood wasn’t somber.Chad Graff, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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The resurgence in interest – not to mention monetary value – suggests that the technology is resilient and unlikely to simply fade into obscurity, as was predicted during its slump.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Georgescu, who had reportedly declared zero campaign spending, had catapulted from obscurity to win the first round of the presidential vote on Nov. 24.Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Lackluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lackluster. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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