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Lackluster
LACK'LUSTER
,Adj.
Definition 2024
lackluster
lackluster
English
Alternative forms
- lacklustre (UK & Commonwealth)
Adjective
lackluster (comparative more lackluster, superlative most lackluster)
- Lacking brilliance or intelligence.
- Having no shine or lustre; dull.
- 1885, William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961, Chapter XIX, p. 273,
- He sat looking at her with lack-lustre eyes. The light suddenly came back into them.
- 1885, William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961, Chapter XIX, p. 273,
- Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.
- The actor gave a lackluster performance in his latest film.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:bore
Translations
Having no shine or lustre; dull
Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest
Having no vitality
Noun
lackluster (plural lacklusters)
- A person or thing of no particular brilliance or intelligence.