lackluster
Adjective
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Adjective
lackluster (American spelling)
- Lacking brilliance or intelligence.
- Having no shine or lustre; dull.
- 1885, William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961, Chapter XIX, p. 273,
- He sat looking at her with lack-lustre eyes. The light suddenly came back into them.
- 1885, William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961, Chapter XIX, p. 273,
- Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.
- The actor gave a lackluster performance in his latest film.
- See also Thesaurus:bore
- French: terne
- German: matt, glanzlos, farblos, lustlos
- Italian: pallido, spento
- Portuguese: desbotado
- Spanish: mate, pálido
- French: quelconque
- German: mittelmäßig
- Spanish: mediocre
- German: langweilig, müde
- Spanish: cansado, aburrido,
lackluster (American spelling)
- (uncountable) Lack of brightness or points of interest.
- (countable) A person or thing of no particular brilliance or intelligence.
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