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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Recent Examples of lackluster
Gabrielle Ake, CBS News, 27 May 2026
The association identifies several reasons for the lackluster bookings, including botched planning by FIFA, the World Cup’s governing body.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Republicans have seen this kind of lackluster turnout in primaries across the country and despite high profile races.
—Megan Pratz, NPR, 27 May 2026
Given the lackluster retail climate in China, Givenchy has been retreating from brick-and-mortar retail.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 25 May 2026
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Adjective
Now, with Paxton as the nominee, Republicans will have to dump large sums of money into the race to support his lackluster fundraising and combat an onslaught of attacks from the left over a number of ethics scandals.
—Gabrielle Ake, CBS News, 27 May 2026
The association identifies several reasons for the lackluster bookings, including botched planning by FIFA, the World Cup’s governing body.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Republicans have seen this kind of lackluster turnout in primaries across the country and despite high profile races.
—Megan Pratz, NPR, 27 May 2026
Given the lackluster retail climate in China, Givenchy has been retreating from brick-and-mortar retail.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lackluster
Noun
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Shraya seems to find comfort within this grayness, and in the autonomy that comes from shifting the question from who is good and who is bad to who is good for me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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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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And that would be a very dull experience.—
Alex Zalben,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
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And red decorations in urban bowers were more vivid, and the green items duller, than in rural bowers.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Some of the symptoms of iron-deficiency anemia include fatigue, weakness and paleness.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Other symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, paleness, and a rapid heart rate.—
Peter Pressman,
Verywell Health,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Where the Cycle-Syncing Science Gets Complicated The picture gets murkier from there.—
Allison Palmer
June 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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The sperm was banked after Epstein's conviction, which raises murky ethics issues in the fertility industry.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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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If the second section presents the diagnosis, then in the footnote to Howl Ginsberg writes a prescription, because if we’re oppressed by a dark faith then the only antidote is a different one.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Villains could hide in the giant banyan tree or lurk in the spookily dark new flotation room; a fight scene might involve someone crashing down the waterfall-wall in the centre of the wellness centre.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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As Raul grapples with telling the story of Elsa’s life, he’s confronted by the murkiness of borrowing from real people for the purposes of fiction.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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After Daniel Jones tore his ACL late last season, the quarterback position has some murkiness for the Colts entering 2026.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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There’s a somber scene in a new documentary about Patrick Kelly, where executive producers Jess Manning and Ray Cornelius are at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center, about to dive into research about the late fashion designer.—
Bianca Betancourt,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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But after seven episodes wearing down the viewer with a bleak perspective, in the season finale, Euphoria pulls itself out of its own somber patterns to reach for grace and mercy in Christian symbolism, American wholesomeness, and the concept of family.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
1 June 2026
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“Lackluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lackluster. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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