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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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This is a grey area, as exploitation requires physical, administrative-level access to a device.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The grey ash trees and their mottled plumage were as one with each other, curving and branching to form a ceiling overhead.Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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But the truth sinks in when Sofia visits her cousin Gia at her drab, unwelcoming children’s home.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
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Olive drab, a hue known to army brats (not to be confused with Charli’s brats), expanded the palette.Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Most of this long flashback segment is pretty boring, though.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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Toyota and Honda have at times been called boring: Honda by its own engineers, Toyota more famously by a chairman descended from the company’s founder.Robert Ferris, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Having different roles and environments keeps work fresh and engaging, helping reduce the risk of job burnout from monotonous routines.William Arruda, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Really, how has this once monotonous job-working elections become dangerous in recent months?Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Don’t use too much broth or the slices may get soggy.Annie Krumhardt Peterson, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2024
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Roasted cauliflower can quickly become soggy and mushy if the pan is overcrowded.Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Even a feature-length version of this plot would likely struggle with its lack of ideas, but 10 half-hour episodes feel punishing, well before a finale that offers an uninteresting explanation of the main mystery, and can’t even be bothered to resolve several other running plot threads.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
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But the color work on the series isn’t just about pulling off the tricks that every DP would like to make a TV show look a little more appealing — darkening uninteresting blank spaces within a frame, making the color consistent between shots, and smoothing out any variables in the lighting.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Instead, the book is full of the prosaic events for which its author is known.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Here, water transport assumes a form that is grandly ritualistic if decidedly prosaic.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Not only does the more-open nature of the PC lend itself better to powerful creation software, but typing thousands of lines of code instantly becomes exponentially less tedious with a keyboard than on a touch screen or using controllers.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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For millennial and Gen Z workers aged 18 to 43, the process is so tedious that 32% would rather apply to a new job than select health insurance, according to a Justworks and Harris Poll survey.Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Dullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dullish. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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