lackluster

English

Alternative forms

lacklustre (UK & Commonwealth)

Etymology

From lack +‎ luster.

Pronunciation

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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.
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 Thesaurus:bore

Translations

Having no shine or lustre; dull

Catalan: deslluït
Dutch: dof (nl)
Finnish: kiilloton (fi), samea (fi)
German: matt (de)
Greek: μουντός (el) (mountós)
Italian: pallido (it), spento (it) m

Latvian: blāvs, nespodrs
Portuguese: desbotado
Spanish: mate (es), pálido (es)
Swedish: matt (sv), glanslös
Turkish: mat (tr), donuk (tr)

Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest

Catalan: deslluït
Finnish: lattea (fi), mitäänsanomaton (fi)
German: mittelmäßig (de)

Greek: μουντός (el) (mountós)
Spanish: mediocre (es) m or f
Turkish: alelade (tr), sıradan (tr), vasat (tr)

Having no vitality

Finnish: lattea (fi), mitäänsanomaton (fi)
German: langweilig (de), müde (de)
Maori: haumate, memeha, mehameha

Spanish: cansado (es), aburrido (es),
Turkish: cılız (tr), ölgün (tr), cansız (tr)

Noun

lackluster (countable and uncountable, plural lacklusters)

(uncountable) Lack of brightness or points of interest.
(countable) A person or thing of no particular brilliance or intelligence.

Anagrams

lack-lustre, lacklustre

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