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lusterless

adj
/ˈlʌstələs/UK/ˈlʌstɚləs/US

Etymology

From luster + -less.

  1. derived from lūstrum
  2. derived from lūstrō
  3. derived from lustrare
  4. derived from lustro
  5. derived from lustre
  6. suffixed as lusterless — “luster + less”

Definitions

  1. Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte finished.

    • The lips were of the usual marble pallor. The eyes were lustreless.
    • His thick, heavy, languid, lustreless black hair fell down behind his ears on to his shoulders, in that musicianlike way that is so offensive to the normal Englishman.
    • His Chevrolet was larger, but old and unwashed; the mudguards had been dented, cut, welded; one door had been ducoed in a lustreless colour that did not exactly match […]

  2. Without brilliance, unremarkable.

    • The school was a triumph for her husband after a lustreless career in Hong Kong, but it had brought her low.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA