as in dulled
not having brightness, brilliance, or vitality
a lackluster, dingy Main Street a lackluster performance His writing can be lackluster at times.
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as in grayness
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Recent Examples of lackluster
Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Oct. 2025
Tennessee Titans fire head coach Brian Callahan The Tennessee Titans have fired head coach Brian Callahan after the team’s lackluster 1-5 start to the NFL season.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The ratings for the broadcast have been lackluster since O’Donnell’s departure earlier this year.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
The Dolphins are 1-5 this season with their only win against a lackluster New York Jets club in Week 4.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Statewide test scores show lackluster proficiency growth Lawmakers passed Lee's new $447 million private school voucher program, Education Freedom Scholarships, this year, and 20,000 students have since enrolled.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Oct. 2025
Tennessee Titans fire head coach Brian Callahan The Tennessee Titans have fired head coach Brian Callahan after the team’s lackluster 1-5 start to the NFL season.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The ratings for the broadcast have been lackluster since O’Donnell’s departure earlier this year.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
The Dolphins are 1-5 this season with their only win against a lackluster New York Jets club in Week 4.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lackluster
Noun
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The region’s oft-sung-about grayness turns neon, swirling together in a piercing hue of evergreen and dark blues.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Reeves delivers on all phases of his character arc, making a potentially dull and earnest character soar.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The text is excitable and wayward, while many of the photographs are dramatically dull.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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From there, things get murkier.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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Right now, the future in New York looks murky.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Rising demand for low-iron, seamless glass In the past few decades, low-iron glass, known for its colorlessness, has become the contemporary symbol of high-end architecture.—
Aki Ishida,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Patrick wore a classic dark grey suit with coordinating pants and jacket.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Eliza Varadi, a pediatrician in South Carolina, told me that the murkiness around insurance coverage, coupled with lower demand, has prompted her practice to start ordering COVID vaccines just one box at a time—each a batch of 10 doses—to minimize the potential for loss.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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The vessel was operating in international waters but that added to the murkiness of the legal justification.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And while handing Ole Miss its first loss of the year was reason to celebrate, things got pretty somber rather quickly for the Bulldogs after learning the injury status of one of their top playmakers.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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Along with the happy reunions, there are somber moments each year when Giordani realizes one of her regular customers has died or stopped traveling to games.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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If cleaning won't take away the cloudiness of your glassware, replace.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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Mental cloudiness gives way to crystal clarity as the sun and Mercury align.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Lackluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lackluster. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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