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lacklustre

[lak-luhs-ter] Origin

lack·lus·ter

[lak-luhs-ter]
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.

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Lacklustre is always a great word to know.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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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lacklustre
British spelling of lackluster (q.v.); for suffix, see -re.
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