dullish

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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. Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
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Adjective
  • In one of the videos, obtained by CNN from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, Dali can be seen proceeding through the security checkpoint’s body scanner, and getting a pat down while wearing a tan shirt over a grey hoodie and jeans.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Josh McDaniels was looking thinner, and he’s got more grey hairs on his head, but the offensive coordinator – returning for his third stint with the Patriots – seemed recharged in his first meeting with reporters since being hired by head coach Mike Vrabel in January.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The fact that he was sent off in the 37th minute against Alaves or his drab game against Arsenal might have had something to do with it.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The Christmas-tree man Universal Language’s external color palette is purposefully drab, with lots of grays, beiges, and browns reflecting Winnipeg’s brutalist architecture in the film.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • No more boring, irrelevant training modules—this is learning at the speed of work.
    Lisa Bodell, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Some of this may happen under cover of darkness, but much of it happens in the open, under cover of arcane technocracy or boring bureaucracy.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The city’s turbulent 20th-century history is visible in the bullet holes on facades, the graffitied remains of the Berlin Wall and the monotonous residential blocks erected during the post-World War II reconstruction.
    Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Even the most dedicated runners will admit that the sport can get monotonous at times.
    Jennifer Heimlich, SELF, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Try to keep furniture away from messy trees that drop sap, leaves, or berries, and steer clear of soggy spots in the yard.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
  • These plants can quickly develop root rot in soggy soil.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Their drama — seen in multiple flashbacks, as well as the tension that exists in the present day — is deeply uninteresting.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
  • With the exception of the two men who provide the film with its ridiculously unexciting love triangle, everyone in Alex’s orbit is one-dimensional and uninteresting.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Boulder retains a bit of the exotic, which would not have been true of the more prosaic Salt Lake City or Cincinnati.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But instead of starting in the high-profile condo division, Jon Paul had to start on the more prosaic rental business.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • While some players believe that overworlds are tedious and archaic game designs that only add unnecessary filler in between traveling to different destinations, Expedition 33 avoids this problem by placing optional dungeons on the overworld.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Properties can be difficult to source, expensive to evaluate, and tedious to manage.
    Fred Hubler, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Dullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dullish. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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