dullness

American  

[duhl-nis] / ˈdʌl nɪs /

noun

1. the quality or condition of being dull; bluntness or lack of sharpness, as of a blade or point.

2. a boring or uninteresting quality.

3. a lack of energy or liveliness; sluggish quality.

4. the quality of lacking light, brightness, clarity, or color; dimness.

5. a lack of intelligence; slowness of mind or thinking; stupidity.

6. a lack of intensity, acuteness, or keenness, as of pain or perception.

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Example Sentences

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

Her works achieve the difficult feat of synthesizing a coma-inducing dullness with piercingly shrill extended diatribes to create reverse masterpieces worthy of the most risible North Korean propaganda.

From Salon

There was something emotional about seeing it, in spite of its dullness, as if they were handling a living piece of history.

From Literature

The musical is an American invention, and its garish traditions blossomed during the Great Depression when extravaganza at the movie theater relieved the dullness of everyday life.

From Salon

“It shows that, even among a group of very similar-looking species, you can find beauty among the dullness.”

From New York Times