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- adjective Alternative spelling of
lackluster .
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Examples
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After she left him he sat drearily, with drooping shoulders, on the edge of the bed, gazing about him with lack-lustre eyes that saw nothing until the torn wrapper of a magazine, which had come in the morning's mail and which lay unopened, shot a gleam of light into his darkened brain.
Chapter 40 2010
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Why else would a lack-lustre entity such as Palin get so much public exposure?
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His eyes had gone lack-lustre, and he, too, was seeing with inner vision.
Chapter XII 2010
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His shoulders drooped depressingly, and his eyes were lack-lustre.
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His eyes went lack-lustre, and he lay back on the pillow, pulling the blanket about him and up to his chin.
Chapter 25 2010
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Through the gloom one could dimly catch a glimpse of bodies lying in strange fantastic poses, bowed shoulders, bent knees, heads thrown back, and chins pointing upward, with here and there a dark, lack-lustre eye turned upon the newcomer.
Sole Music 2010
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Then again, it seems as though the paper's readership is becoming aware of its lack-lustre content and deserting in droves.
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A series of lack-lustre reviews have flayed the increasingly fragile confidence of world-renowned concert pianist Philip Morahan.
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The telegraphed plot, stolen bit by bit from other movies, and a lack-lustre finale make The Morgans a near insufferable mess.
Archive 2009-12-01 Glenn Dunks 2009
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The telegraphed plot, stolen bit by bit from other movies, and a lack-lustre finale make The Morgans a near insufferable mess.
Holiday Viewing Glenn Dunks 2009
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