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Recent Examples of dullish
Although his dullish voice-overs attempt to establish him as a deep thinker and observer, Moss outwardly comes off as anything but: surly, cocky, needy, slackerish, immature.
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Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dullish
Adjective
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The dour, grey mood of the show is lightened by plenty of moments of humor.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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His main rival is Hulk, who is as strong as him, and he is usually seen wearing a dark grey helmet with a horn, much like a real rhino.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Amidst this drab landscape, both actors do their best.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
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The Midi Dress Midi dresses are the opposite of drab at the moment.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Some people assume that longtime married couples are boring, but my husband has never bored me.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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Spectators perceive tennis outfits as plain, boring, rigid or limited to a specific silhouette.—
Ruth Etiesit Samuel,
Essence,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Human judgment will still matter critically, but it will be applied selectively in moments of ambiguity or high risk, rather than wasted on the monotonous tasks that currently consume most of the working day.—
Adam Bowen,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Like you, or, sorry, like the woman in the book, the ordinary feels so uninspiring, so monotonous.—
Susan Choi,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Reduce Moisture Adding large quantities of wet kitchen scraps is one reason compost gets soggy.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 May 2025
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That is directly tied to his inability to hit fairways, combined with the thick and soggy rough.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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The first act is genuinely atrocious, a mess of story threads revolving around an uninteresting villain in the AI Entity that feels far too downbeat and sad for this franchise.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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What remains consistent is the splendid topography of Frazier’s prose, and the sense throughout his work that there are, in fact, no uninteresting places, just uninteresting writers.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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On more prosaic fronts, too, the film is patchy, with multiple subplots drifting erratically in and out of view, and an uneven quartet of central performances.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 May 2025
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Recognizing that more prosaic reality — while looking to at least buy his way towards his daughter’s good graces — our poet soon accepts a teaching gig at a local high-school.—
Ben Croll,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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The young Andrii’s first thought was this tedious job should to be done by a robot.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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But during a 2017 appearance at a conference in China, Cook expressed doubt about whether the U.S. labor pool had enough workers with the vocational skills required to do the painstaking and tedious work that Lutnick was discussing.—
Michael Liedtke,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Dullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dullish. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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