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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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Lee’s mad dash was the rarest of quetzal feathers in an otherwise drab capper to the four-game series.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Wondering how to take a small closet from drab to fab in no time?—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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As a means of conspicuous consumption the canon is poorly served, but as a destination to explore, as a complicated, contradictory, sometimes boring and often beautiful place, there can be much to be gained through a meander, a perusal, a stroll.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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There are a lot of small, sincere plays that are also very boring.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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His hope is a life that resonates with authentic emotion and not monotonous conformism.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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Her set was a triumph, in part because her energetic delivery injected life into the proceedings after the show had slipped into a monotonous rhythm halfway through its bloated, nearly three-hour runtime.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
12 May 2026
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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Many spoil, become soggy, or lose their flavor.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
19 May 2026
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Plant in a well-draining potting mix so their roots don't get soggy.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The premise is uninteresting, and, worst of all, the jokes aren’t remotely funny.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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As our Mike Vorkunov already pointed out, the four teams that are pennies above the tax line (Philadelphia, Denver, Phoenix and Toronto) are virtually guaranteed to make small deals to get under; these will just be spectacularly uninteresting trades in terms of actual basketball.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But the truth was a little more prosaic.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
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Yards away, Starmer was attempting a far more prosaic challenge: surviving the day.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Our current media environment is engineered for distraction, which means the gap between people who can sustain attention on tedious work and those who cannot is growing wider, not narrower.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Too much of the program is made up of tedious movies by beloved Cannes veterans — essentially affirmative action for auteurs.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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“Dullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dullish. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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