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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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The primary colors are drab grays and ugly browns.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Anvil 715 concept is painted in a drab green coat and built for overlanding — long-distance road trips into remote areas.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Pickled onions add a bright acidity, and everything gets tossed in barbecue sauce for a sweet and savory salad that’s anything but boring.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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Pastas and Grains Similar to powdered laundry detergent, pastas and grains have packaging that's dull, boring, and bulky.—
Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Later, grandmother and granddaughter drive down a road of African palm trees, passing a lorry load of immigrants, monotonous electricity grid lines crossing the sky and workers fumigating trees, Villalobos accumulating details of a harsh contemporary world.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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They’re spread throughout practice to break the monotonous nature of it.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 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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With recent rains, the banks of the Fox River are soggy and deep, posing possible dangers for those trying to clean up trash in the areas of SEBA, County and Panton Mills parks, a statement from by the village said.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Say goodbye to soggy subs thanks to the Sub Sandwich Container, which protects your sandwich on the go.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 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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Or this object, known by the prosaic designation C/2026 A1 (MAPS), could totally disintegrate, vaporized by the fierce heat of our star.—
Tony Hoffman,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2026
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Other stories are a little more prosaic, and even funny, as in the case of footballer Miodrag Belodedici, who had been part of Romania’s Steaua Bucharest team that beat Barcelona in the 1986 European Cup final.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Thank God for the flair, because the characters are satirically tedious.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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This one simple swap eliminates the entire bagging-and-disposal process — arguably the most tedious part of mowing.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Dullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dullish. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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