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Recent Examples of dullish
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.
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Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
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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Moreover, the subject is weedy and boring.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
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In comic book canon, Clark's earlier years are actually pretty boring!—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
13 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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Keep an eye on the drainage If your soil is clay, add rich, organic matter and make sure that the soil is able to stay moist but never soggy.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
13 May 2026
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Cook some of the moisture out of the tomato to keep the scramble from becoming soggy.—
Martha Stewart,
Martha Stewart,
12 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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The women are blithely dismissive of their tedious work, but their relationships fray under new stresses—including intrusive surveillance.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Maybe once a page, there’ll be something that’s actually from the real book, and the rest of it is all tedious paraphrasing.—
Marah Eakin,
Vulture,
14 May 2026
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“Dullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dullish. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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