lack lustre

adjective

lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.

lacking liveliness, vitality, spirit, or enthusiasm: a lackluster performance.

noun

a lack of brilliance or vitality.

Also, especially British, lack·lus·tre.

Origin:
1590–1600; lack + luster¹

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lacklustre or (US) lackluster (ˈlækˌlʌstə)

—*adj*
	lacking force, brilliance, or vitality

lackluster or (US) lackluster

—*adj*

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lackluster

c.1600, first attested in "As You Like It," from lack + luster. Combinations with lack- were frequent in 16c., e.g. lackland (1590s), of a landless man; lack-Latin (1530s), of an ignorant priest.

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