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How to use lackluster in a sentence

13 example sentences · adjective, noun

Lackluster means lacking brilliance or intelligence. Example: “The actor gave a lackluster performance in his latest film.”

Examples of lackluster by meaning

adjectiveNot exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.

  • The actor gave a lackluster performance in his latest film.
  • Tory MPs said Raab had been “lacklustre”, with one saying his position was “untenable”.2021 August 20, Martin Farrer, “Friday briefing: ‘Lacklustre’ Raab under pressure to quit”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on...

More sentences with lackluster

  • The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.From the entry dialogue
  • Her meteoric rise to power was followed by a slow, lackluster career at the top.From the entry meteoric
  • The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem.From the entry bored
  • His cop contacts supplied him with a one-week load of lackluster skank.2011, James Ellroy, American Tabloid, page 21. From the entry skank
  • The lackluster debuts were part of an overall dot-coma that hit the Internet sector in trading yesterday.1999 July 31, Helen Jung, “Two Strikes For Net Ipos -- Tech Investors Can't Count On A Home Run”, in The Seattle Times. From the entry dot-coma
  • Thirsty for distraction, from time spent from lackluster lifestyles spoiling their minds while stimulating at the exact same time.2024 September 6, Nicholas Perry, “Two Steps Ahead”, in Nikocado Avocado. From the entry two steps ahead
  • Even discount superstore Wal-Mart, once considered a recession-proof business, was taken down a notch after it reported lackluster earnings last month.2013 March 26, The Motley Fool, “Will Dollar General Make Investors 'Fistfuls of Dollars'?”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 08…. From the entry take down a notch
  • Fans often declare that they prefer fanon to what actually happens in canon and fanworks to the actual series, which is lackluster by comparison.2008, Tan Bee Kee, “Rewriting Gender and Sexuality in English-Language Yaoi Fanfiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti…. From the entry fanwork
  • After ten years of friendship and just six months of lackluster bridesmaiding, the women did not even get an invitation to the wedding.2007, Siri Agrell, Bad Bridesmaid: True Tales of Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums, page 150. From the entry bridesmaid
  • The five-piece band drew appreciative whoops despite a lackluster performance made up mostly of blandiose romantic ballads in the tradition of such denizens of the pop dustbin as Firefall.1989 September 9, Marty Hughley, “Judds give stellar performance”, in The Oregonian. From the entry blandiose
  • In every instance, she has expressed enormous frustration with social loafers—virtual group members whose lackluster motivation leaves the bulk of group projects to members who are more motivated to excel.2009, J. Dan Rothwell, In Mixed Company: Communicating in Small Groups and Teams, page 373. From the entry motivated

Meaning of lackluster

  1. adjective Lacking brilliance or intelligence.
  2. adjective Having no shine or luster; dull.
  3. adjective Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.

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Questions about lackluster in a sentence

How do you use lackluster in a sentence?
Lackluster is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The actor gave a lackluster performance in his latest film.”
What is a short sentence with lackluster?
“The actor gave a lackluster performance in his latest film.”
What does lackluster mean?
Lackluster means lacking brilliance or intelligence.

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