dullness
Americannoun
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the quality or condition of being dull; bluntness or lack of sharpness, as of a blade or point.
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a boring or uninteresting quality.
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a lack of energy or liveliness; sluggish quality.
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the quality of lacking light, brightness, clarity, or color; dimness.
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a lack of intelligence; slowness of mind or thinking; stupidity.
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a lack of intensity, acuteness, or keenness, as of pain or perception.
Example Sentences
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The manufacturing hub, which anchors the region that is home to auto giant Toyota, is Japan’s fourth most-populous city and, according to a decade-old newspaper poll that still stings here, number one in dullness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
Excessive coloring of the hair to lighten the color can cause damage to the hair shaft leading to dullness, increased hair fragility, and breakage.
From National Geographic • Aug. 22, 2023
In the role of the younger Bucky, Alexandre Gonin finds a sense of awkward seriousness that never tips over into dullness.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2023
“There was just a weird dullness on defense.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2022
She would even welcome kimril soup in all its comforting dullness.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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