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Recent Examples of dullish
But Koreeda dawdles over all that without ever finding much dramatic nuance, making for a dullish midsection.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Although his dullish voice-overs attempt to establish him as a deep thinker and observer, Moss outwardly comes off as anything but: surly, cocky, needy, slackerish, immature.
—Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Although his dullish voice-overs attempt to establish him as a deep thinker and observer, Moss outwardly comes off as anything but: surly, cocky, needy, slackerish, immature.
—Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dullish
Adjective
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Well, that can make even the most beautiful architecture and designer furniture look drab.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 June 2026
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Kevin Barnes’ 20th album is, once again, inspired by a breakup, but the drab music lacks the personality and vision of their best work.—
Ethan Beck,
Pitchfork,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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Planking was boring and uncomfortable, but Reso and Copeland changed that, and that’s what made Marinovsky interested.—
James Varsallone,
Miami Herald,
11 Dec. 2025
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Wrap these accessories around your waist to help define your figure in a loose-fitting dress or around your hips to add personality to an otherwise boring pair of pants.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
10 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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After a while, late-afternoon training camp practices become monotonous.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
3 Dec. 2025
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Indeed, automation is on track to abolish many of the most frustrating and monotonous factory jobs.—
Victor J. Blue,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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By the start of the 20th century, instead of offering a few prosy sentences that gestured vaguely toward ingredient amounts, American recipes increasingly began with a list of ingredients in precise, numerical quantities: teaspoons, ounces, cups.—
Helen Zoe Veit,
Smithsonian,
19 Sep. 2017
Adjective
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The potatoes are lightly crisped — never greasy or soggy.—
Scott Chasen,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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Poor Drainage Heavy clay and soggy soil can suffocate hydrangea roots and lead to root rot, eventually ending with the demise of your plant.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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The brand’s logo did not appear obviously on its clothes; the designs were resolutely uninteresting, even ignorable.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
27 May 2026
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Brian Wysol and his collaborators (producers of Robot Chicken and Rick and Morty) commit the cardinal sin of trying to be weird and failing in an uninteresting way.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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By hinting that his business was the victim of shape-shifting saboteurs, Westergaard distracted from the more prosaic story about the carelessness of his staff.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The most prosaic explanation is that Villarroel’s transients are simply artifacts in the photographic plates such as speckles of dust, blobs in the emulsion or even radioactive particles.—
Jonathan O'Callaghan,
Scientific American,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But Nintendo games rarely feel this directionless and scattered, and for its tedious opening hours alone, this game is hard to recommend.—
Vincent Acovino,
NPR,
2 Dec. 2025
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The entire journey was effortless, as Railbookers took care of the tedious details that usually accompany longer trips.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Nov. 2025
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“Dullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dullish. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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