lackluster
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This amalgamation of excessive style is a favorite at the multiplex these days, typically to lackluster effect.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Authors often shine on the page but can be lackluster on camera.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
But she went on to have a lackluster track record.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
After a period of lackluster performance that began around Halloween, technology stocks staged a major comeback in April, stealing the show from energy stocks, which gave back some of their big gains from March.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Burnham was a lackluster student: “the records of the Old Central show his average scholarship to be frequently as low as 55 percent,” a reporter discovered, “and 81 percent seems the highest he ever reached.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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