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lacklustre

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lacklustre

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From lack + lustre.

adjective more lacklustre · most lacklustre

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of lackluster Substitute Charlie Austin scored seven minutes into his Southampton debut as a lacklustre Manchester United were booed off at Old Trafford.

noun lacklustres

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of lackluster Secondly, the fear of offending the military has reduced the campaigns to mere lacklustres. Promises are reeled off with so much obvious lack of passion that it is quite possible the party bosses themselves hardly believe what they say […]

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@misc{lacklustre_2026,
  title = {lacklustre},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lacklustre},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}