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lackluster
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Lackluster
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lack·lus·ter
/
ˈlækˌlʌs
tər
/
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[
lak
-luhs-ter
]
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adjective
1.
lacking
brilliance or radiance; dull:
lackluster eyes.
2.
lacking
liveliness, vitality, spirit, or enthusiasm:
a lackluster performance.
noun
3.
a
lack
of brilliance or vitality.
Also,
especially British,
lack·lus·tre.
Origin:
1590–1600;
lack
+
luster
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lacklustre
or
(
US
)
lackluster
(ˈlækˌlʌstə)
—
adj
lacking force, brilliance, or vitality
lackluster
or
(
US
)
lackluster
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Once upon a time, a school principal grew tired of his students'
lackluster
academic performance.
What's more, with a
lackluster
stock market, pension funds and rich people had
to find more promising places to put their dough.
Unfortunately, these are precisely the strategies that media companies pursued
aggressively during the past
lackluster
decade.
Ironically, they did it in an effort to push through a partisan and
lackluster
ethics plan.
These price increases come in the face of continued
lackluster
performance in the labor markets.
Lingering threats of terrorism,
lackluster
corporate earnings and the soft economy are clearly crimping stock prices.
In the last couple of debates, particularly, his performance has been
lackluster
.
Demand for services improved modestly on balance but remained
lackluster
overall.
But while market demand has expanded over the years, the number of skilled workers able to meet this need has remained
lackluster
.
This, in turn, led to lower fertilizer expenditures and contributed to
lackluster
yield growth.
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