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
Jaures Yip, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Matters were made worse by lackluster earnings Tuesday afternoon from Advanced Micro Devices and Super Micro Computer, both of which manufacture chips used for AI services.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
Despite a still-robust economy, on paper anyway, lackluster hiring is adding to Americans’ frayed nerves, as is the erosion of federal safety-net benefits.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Stitch Fix is simply a better retail mouse trap by Baer’s way of thinking, replacing lackluster stores and the endless aisle with stylists who send shoppers a box of looks to try on at home.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
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Silas Stein | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Pinterest shares plummeted 21% on Wednesday after lackluster third-quarter earnings as advertising took a hit from larger retailers dealing with tariffs.
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The region’s oft-sung-about grayness turns neon, swirling together in a piercing hue of evergreen and dark blues.—
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Contributor Yelena Moroz Alpert finds Brooklinen’s prints a good midway point between something too chintzy or something too dull, and thinks highly of the material as well.—
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The fiber’s irregular length distribution—with 50 percent at 28 millimeters and 50 percent in the 10 to 20 millimeter range—delivers a textured, semi-dull and opaque aesthetic that achieves a genuine, vintage washdown performance.—
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The publication also shares some of the murky citation practices of contemporary social media.—
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The murky word of sports collectibles The passion to possess a thing that belonged to someone famous is as old as time.—
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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.—
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Don't feel afraid to play with bold (but dark) colors and various materials.—
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Open my soul to the vast dark places.—
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Despite the murkiness of the water, Chris jumped in to swim.—
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That’s the murkiness that makes any grand statement about the previous 17 games difficult.—
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With so many comedy writers on the bill, the Broder tribute was no somber affair.—
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As is tradition, all the women were dressed in black ensembles to mark the somber occasion, which commemorates members of the military from Britain and the Commonwealth who have died in battle.—
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Covers resting directly on flat resin surfaces trap condensation, leading to discoloration or cloudiness.—
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Widespread cloudiness is expected for a large chunk of those two days, the weather service said.—
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“Lackluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lackluster. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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