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lackluster
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also lack-luster , c.1600, first attested in "As You Like It," from lack + luster . Combinations with lack- were frequent in 16c., such as lackland (1590s), of a landless man; lack-Latin (1530s), of an ignorant priest.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lackluster \Lack"lus`ter\, Lacklustre \Lack"lus`tre\ a. Wanting luster or brightness. ``Lackluster eye.'' --Shak. Lacking spirit, liveliness, or enthusiasm; dull. Mediocre; as, a lackluster performance.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Esa Ruoho (born October 26, 1978), better known as Lackluster , is a Finnish electronic music producer and performer from Kontula, Helsinki. He is also known as Esa Ruoho, Can'O'Lard and Kökö and the Köks. Ruoho has lived most of his life in Helsinki , ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Lacking brilliance or intelligence 2 Having no shine or lustre; dull 3 Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. lacking brilliance or vitality; "a dull lackluster life"; "a lusterless performance" [syn: lacklustre , lusterless , lustreless ] lacking luster or shine; "staring with lackluster eyes"; "lusterless hair" [syn: lacklustre , lusterless , lustreless ]
Usage examples of lackluster.
A hard-line stance offered Barnett a highly seductive, powerful benefit: It could divert attention from his generally lackluster recent performance as governor.
But although he remained dry, undynamic, and lackluster as a minister, Nabokov was committed to an independent judiciary, and steadfastly opposed attempts to overturn the 1864 reforms and to make justice once again a mere weapon in the tsarist arsenal.
Clark, heavily bankrolled by developers, is running a strong and defiantly lackluster second.
I wondered numbly if he was capable of punishing all Buck for the lackluster way he had been welcomed to the throne.
A lackluster crowd was watching the show--maybe a dozen lunchtime juicers total.
Scammon, the officiant of the academy's nondenomina-tional faith and the lackluster teacher of our Religion and Scripture classes-cracked his head on the icy steps of Kurd's Church and failed to regain consciousness.
After that puddle jumper from Des Moines, she felt as drained and lackluster as her appearance.
The second cause of lackluster Western military performance is that Western peoples will not long tolerate the use of their soldiers in suppressing rebellions in a distant land, whether their soldiers are in a direct combat role or serving as advisors.
The man possessed only a minor talent for potions and transformations, and his patrons were generally lackluster common folk: merchants, farmers, sell-swords, miners, and the like.
In attendance was the junior Senator from Connecticut, an old-middle-aged man from West Hartford whose record was lackluster but whose appetites were reputed to be varied.