lackluster

[ lak-luhs-ter ]

/ ˈlækˌlʌs tər /

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adjective

lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.

lacking liveliness, vitality, spirit, or enthusiasm: a lackluster performance.

noun

a lack of brilliance or vitality.

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Also especially British, lack·lus·tre .

Origin of lackluster

First recorded in 1590–1600; lack + luster¹

Words nearby lackluster

lacker, lackey, lackey moth, lacking, Lackland Air Force Base, lackluster, lacklustre, Laclos, Laconia, Laconian, laconic

How to use lackluster in a sentence

However, rates leveled off in recent days, rising slightly following a lackluster jobs report and slipping on Wednesday after inflation data showed price pressures remained tame.
Mortgage rates stuck in neutral amid economic uncertainty|Kathy Orton|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
A lonely and lackluster student with little aptitude for athletics, he found sanctuary in a drama class and then a calling as an actor.
Actor Hal Holbrook, indelible portrayer of Mark Twain, dies at 95|Adam Bernstein|February 2, 2021|Washington Post
Failed acquisitions, lackluster management and customers’ preference for downloading new games rather than buying them in stores had shaved nearly 70 percent from the share price.
The GameStop stock craze is about a populist uprising against Wall Street. But it’s more complicated than that.|David J. Lynch|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
Running back David Johnson managed a lackluster 1,005 yards from scrimmage last year, ultimately ranking him 51st out of 63 qualified rushers per Pro Football Focus.
Ranking the best NFL head coaching openings|Neil Greenberg|January 15, 2021|Washington Post

In particular, Casper’s lackluster IPO at the beginning of 2020 helped fuel concerns that DTC startups would fail to grow rapidly enough and justify their lofty valuations.
Despite hungry VCs, DTC brands are rethinking their fundraising approach|Anna Hensel|January 8, 2021|Digiday
Paris as depicted by contemporary photography appears… lackluster.
A History of Paris in 150 Photographs|Sarah Moroz|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many jazz fans were puzzled by this finding, which seems incompatible with the lackluster sales figures in the genre.
Jazz (The Music of Coffee and Donuts) Has Respect, But It Needs Love|Ted Gioia|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The Break Up” was as satisfying of an ending as possible given the lackluster season.
I Watched ‘Psych’ For 8 Years and All I Got Was This Lackluster Finale|Chancellor Agard|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Your chef is stuck in a creative rut, churning out lackluster food in a lackluster—albeit popular—restaurant.
Jon Favreau On the Food Porn-y ‘Chef,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ and Why He Left the ‘Iron Man’ Franchise|Marlow Stern|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her move to regain control of the Occupy feed seems to have been due to frustration with the lackluster state of the revolution.
The Champagne Tranarchist Who Hijacked Occupy’s Twitter Feed|Nina Strochlic|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They looked at us from their doors with lackluster eyes and apparent indifference.
Average Americans|Theodore Roosevelt
Willard gazed through the window with lackluster eyes and shook his head feebly.
Left Half Harmon|Ralph Henry Barbour
"I have nothing to tell her," said George—he raised two lackluster eyes and fixed them with a sort of dull stare on Lawson's face.
A Girl in Ten Thousand|L. T. Meade
And yet, as Max looked at her—at this helpless, infirm old creature with the palsied hands and the lackluster eyes—he shivered.
The Wharf by the Docks|Florence Warden
But she said it from her bed, her eyes fixed in a 155 lackluster stare on the little oval gleam of the miniature.
Out of the Air|Inez Haynes Irwin

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