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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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Before the dinner, in the suite of drab side rooms buried in the basement of the Washington Hilton, Fox News hosted its annual reception.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
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Nothing reminded me of that as much as when Kimi and Myka, after doing runway walks in their hairnets and drab white protective garments, shoveled the graves of whey out of a slurry and pitched them into a giant bin.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Never gets boring, never feels overplayed.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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Pool, sauna, indoor fireplace, luggage drop-off, backyard With so much history and color around every corner in Marrakesh, why stay somewhere boring?—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Like any Texas highway, the monotonous stretches of Interstate 35 are defined by flat horizons, gas stations, billboards, and small towns that quickly blur together.—
Lauren Jones,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Apr. 2026
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Basically, it’s all gotten monotonous.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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By the start of the 20th century, instead of offering a few prosy sentences that gestured vaguely toward ingredient amounts, American recipes increasingly began with a list of ingredients in precise, numerical quantities: teaspoons, ounces, cups.—
Helen Zoe Veit,
Smithsonian,
19 Sep. 2017
Adjective
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Caring for your compost Keep your pile moist but not soggy.—
Jessica Damiano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Now, the plantain chip definitely would have gotten soggy in either of those, but were there enough to-go diners that the Terra Reina team ran out of one container and started using another?—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The premise is uninteresting, and, worst of all, the jokes aren’t remotely funny.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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As our Mike Vorkunov already pointed out, the four teams that are pennies above the tax line (Philadelphia, Denver, Phoenix and Toronto) are virtually guaranteed to make small deals to get under; these will just be spectacularly uninteresting trades in terms of actual basketball.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But what Danielson says was intended as a symbolic protest escalated dramatically amid paranoid fantasies, prosaic miscommunications, and the false report of a gun.—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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Or this object, known by the prosaic designation C/2026 A1 (MAPS), could totally disintegrate, vaporized by the fierce heat of our star.—
Tony Hoffman,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Cutting with a dull blade does more than make prep work tedious.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
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While niche, this outdoor vacuum offers relief from the tedious task of clearing leaves and debris from your lawn.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Dullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dullish. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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