lacklustre
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Lacklustre and outgunned in Rome in week one, Scotland are now France's biggest challengers after following up the Calcutta Cup demolition of England with a nailbiting, nerve-wrenching win in Wales.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
Lacklustre returns might ultimately turn investors' attention from the hedge fund industry to other kinds of investments considered alternative but with better performance, suggested family office investor Michael Oliver Weinberg.
From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2023
Lacklustre second quarter returns have not encouraged investors to stay, either.
From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2022
Lacklustre Birmingham barely threatened and could only muster a couple of long-range strikes, the best of which saw a fabulous curling shot by Jo Potter slide just wide.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2015
Berry Brothers, of Detroit, Mich., the famous varnish makers, furnish a great variety of colors in their water stains and also a combined stain and finish under the trade name of Lacklustre.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
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