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blunt
Having a dull edge or point; not sharp
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  1. Having a dull edge or point; not sharp
  2. Slow to perceive, understand, or feel; dull or insensitive:
  3. Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech:
bearish
Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy.
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  1. Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy.
  2. Bearlike; rude, rough, surly, etc.
  3. Resembling or similar to a bear in appearance or manner.
melancholy
Causing or tending to cause sadness or gloom:
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  1. Causing or tending to cause sadness or gloom:
  2. Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
  3. Sad and depressed; gloomy
pointless
Ineffectual; useless:
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  1. Ineffectual; useless:
  2. Failing to score a point:
  3. Without meaning, relevance, or force; senseless; inane
round
Full in physique; plump:
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  1. Full in physique; plump:
  2. Rather rounded in shape:
  3. Not exact, especially when expressed as a multiple of 10; approximate:
square
Having all accounts settled; even:
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  1. Having all accounts settled; even:
  2. Given or stated in terms of such surface measure
  3. (Nautical) Set at right angles to the mast and keel. Used of the yards of a square-rigged ship.
flat
(Phonet.) Designating the vowel a when it represents the sound (a) as in had or hat, articulated with the tongue in a relatively level position
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  1. (Phonet.) Designating the vowel a when it represents the sound (a) as in had or hat, articulated with the tongue in a relatively level position
  2. Having a smooth, even surface:
  3. Electrically discharged. Used of a storage battery.
obtuse
Not distinctly felt:
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  1. Not distinctly felt:
  2. Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity:
  3. Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
edgeless
Not having an edge, or whose boundary is unclear.
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  1. Not having an edge, or whose boundary is unclear.
  2. (Of a blade) Not having a sharp cutting edge; blunt.
battered
(Cooking) Coated with batter.
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  1. (Cooking) Coated with batter.
  2. Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
  3. Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up.
used
Secondhand
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  1. Secondhand
  2. Not new; secondhand:
  3. Accustomed; habituated:
broken
Incomplete:
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  1. Incomplete:
  2. Not functioning; out of order:
  3. Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous:
toothless
Lacking teeth.
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  1. Lacking teeth.
  2. Having no teeth.
  3. (Figuratively) Weak, having no capability of enforcing something.
edentate
Lacking teeth.
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  1. Lacking teeth.
  2. Without teeth
  3. Of or belonging to the former order Edentata of mammals having few or no teeth, including the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths. These animals have been reclassified in the order Xenarthra.
gloomy
Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary:
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  1. Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary:
  2. Showing or filled with gloom:
  3. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
sober
Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
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  1. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
  2. Plain or subdued, as in decoration:
  3. Not bright, garish, or flashy; quiet; plain
somber
Earnest and solemn; grave
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  1. Earnest and solemn; grave
  2. Dark; gloomy:
  3. Dark and gloomy or dull
drab
Not bright or lively; dull, dreary, or monotonous
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  1. Not bright or lively; dull, dreary, or monotonous
  2. Of a dull grayish to yellowish brown.
  3. Of a light olive brown or khaki color.
matte
Having a dull finish.
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  1. Having a dull finish.
  2. Not shiny or glossy; dull
dismal
Depressed; miserable
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  1. Depressed; miserable
  2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit:
  3. Dark and gloomy; bleak; dreary
bleak
Exposed to wind and cold; unsheltered; treeless; bare
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  1. Exposed to wind and cold; unsheltered; treeless; bare
  2. Not cheerful; gloomy; dreary
  3. (Obs.) Pale; wan
dark
Unknown or concealed; mysterious:
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  1. Unknown or concealed; mysterious:
  2. Almost black
  3. Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black:
dingy
Shabby, drab, or squalid.
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  1. Shabby, drab, or squalid.
  2. Darkened with smoke or grime.
  3. Dirty-colored; not bright or clean; grimy
dim
Dull or slow-witted:
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  1. Dull or slow-witted:
  2. Emitting only a small amount of light; faint:
  3. Not bright; somewhat dark
dusky
Having low diffused light; dim or shadowy.
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  1. Having low diffused light; dim or shadowy.
  2. Lacking light; dim; shadowy
  3. Rather dark in color:
dun
Dull grayish-brown
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  1. Dull grayish-brown
colorless
Pale; pallid:
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  1. Pale; pallid:
  2. Without color
  3. Dull in color; gray or pallid
plain
Not luxurious or ornate; unembellished
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  1. Not luxurious or ornate; unembellished
  2. Not dyed, twilled, or patterned:
  3. Lacking beauty or distinction:
obscure
Not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague:
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  1. Not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague:
  2. Lacking light; dim; dark; murky
  3. Deficient in light; dark:
cloudy
Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.
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  1. Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.
  2. Variegated or streaked, as marble
  3. Marked with indistinct masses or streaks:
lackluster
Lacking brightness; dull
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  1. Lacking brightness; dull
  2. Lacking brightness, luster, or vitality; dull.
  3. Having no shine or lustre; dull
lusterless
Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte finished.
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  1. Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte finished.
  2. Lacking distinction, radiance, or vitality; dull:
opaque
Resistant to the transmission of certain kinds of radiation, usually light. Metals and many minerals are opaque to light, while being transparent to radio waves and neutrinos.
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  1. Resistant to the transmission of certain kinds of radiation, usually light. Metals and many minerals are opaque to light, while being transparent to radio waves and neutrinos.
  2. Impenetrable by a form of radiant energy other than visible light:
  3. Not reflecting light; not shining or lustrous; dull or dark
leaden
Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish.
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  1. Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish.
  2. Dull; darkened with overcast.
  3. Of a dull gray
grave
Somber; dull
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  1. Somber; dull
  2. Not light or trifling in nature or in consequence; grievous
  3. Somber or dark in hue.
grimy
Covered with or full of grime; very dirty
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  1. Covered with or full of grime; very dirty
  2. Covered or smudged with grime.
pitchy
Resembling pitch in consistency.
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  1. Resembling pitch in consistency.
  2. Full of or covered with pitch.
  3. Extremely dark; black.
sooty
Covered with or as if with soot.
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  1. Covered with or as if with soot.
  2. Blackish or dusky in color.
  3. Dark or black like soot
inky
Colored, marked, stained, or covered with ink
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  1. Colored, marked, stained, or covered with ink
  2. Like ink in color; dark; black
dead
Lacking elasticity or bounce:
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  1. Lacking elasticity or bounce:
  2. Having grown cold; having been extinguished:
  3. Lacking positive qualities, as of warmth, vitality, interest, brightness, brilliance, etc.
black
Very dark
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  1. Very dark
  2. Attended with disaster; calamitous:
  3. Very dark in color:
sordid
Squalid or wretched:
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  1. Squalid or wretched:
  2. Dirty or filthy:
  3. Dirty; filthy
dirty
Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
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  1. Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
  2. Not bright and clear in color; somewhat dull or drab. Often used in combination:
  3. Lacking luster or brilliance; dull, grayish, etc.
muddy
Lacking luster; dull:
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  1. Lacking luster; dull:
  2. Not bright or pure:
  3. Not light or bright; dull
murky
Darkened, clouded, or blurry:
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  1. Darkened, clouded, or blurry:
  2. Unclear, obscure, cryptic, etc.
  3. Dark or gloomy
gray
Lacking in cheer; gloomy:
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  1. Lacking in cheer; gloomy:
  2. Dull or dark:
  3. Of or relating to an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
ashen
Of, relating to, or made from the wood of the ash tree.
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  1. Of, relating to, or made from the wood of the ash tree.
  2. Like ashes, esp. in color; pale; pallid
  3. Resembling ashes, especially in color; very pale:
wan
Short for wide area network. A communications network that uses such devices as telephone lines, satellite dishes, or radio waves to span a larger geographic area than can be covered by a LAN. The Internet is a WAN.
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  1. Short for wide area network. A communications network that uses such devices as telephone lines, satellite dishes, or radio waves to span a larger geographic area than can be covered by a LAN. The Internet is a WAN.
  2. Sickly pale; pallid
  3. Pale, dim, faint, etc.
lifeless
Having no living beings
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  1. Having no living beings
  2. That no longer has life; dead
  3. Dull; listless
rusty
Not working freely, easily, or quietly because of, or as if because of, rust; stiff or rasping in operation
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  1. Not working freely, easily, or quietly because of, or as if because of, rust; stiff or rasping in operation
  2. Covered with rust; corroded.
  3. Having the color of rust
flat
Having lost effervescence or sparkle:
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  1. Having lost effervescence or sparkle:
  2. Not glossy; matte:
  3. Uniform in tint or shade
stupid
Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.
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  1. Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.
  2. Dazed, stunned, or stupefied:
  3. Used to express disparagement or exasperation:
stolid
Having or showing little or no emotion or sensitivity; unexcitable; impassive
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  1. Having or showing little or no emotion or sensitivity; unexcitable; impassive
obtuse
Slow to understand or perceive; dull or insensitive
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  1. Slow to understand or perceive; dull or insensitive
  2. Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity:
  3. Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
sluggish
Not active; slow or slow-moving; dull
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  1. Not active; slow or slow-moving; dull
  2. Slow to perform or respond to stimulation.
  3. Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive:
heavy
Designating, of, or equipped with massive or relatively heavy weapons, armor, etc.
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  1. Designating, of, or equipped with massive or relatively heavy weapons, armor, etc.
  2. Dense; thick:
  3. Too dense or rich to digest easily:
slow
Allowing movement or action only at a low speed:
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  1. Allowing movement or action only at a low speed:
  2. Holding back fast progress, development, etc.; making speed or progress difficult
  3. Not moving or able to move quickly; proceeding at a low speed:
retarded
Having or characteristic of mental retardation
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  1. Having or characteristic of mental retardation
  2. Slowed or delayed in development or progress, esp. because of mental retardation
  3. (Slang) Inept, ineffectual, pathetic, etc.
witless
Lacking intelligence or wit; foolish.
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  1. Lacking intelligence or wit; foolish.
sleepy
Not very active; dull; quiet
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  1. Not very active; dull; quiet
  2. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
  3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
backward
(Of motion) Pertaining to the direction reverse of normal.
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  1. (Of motion) Pertaining to the direction reverse of normal.
  2. Behind others in progress or development:
  3. Done or arranged in a manner or order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use.
dense
Difficult to understand because of complexity or obscurity:
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  1. Difficult to understand because of complexity or obscurity:
  2. Opaque, with good contrast between light and dark areas. Used of a photographic negative.
  3. Permitting little light to pass through, because of compactness of matter:
tedious
(Obsolete) Moving or progressing very slowly.
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  1. (Obsolete) Moving or progressing very slowly.
  2. Tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring.
  3. Full of tedium; long or verbose and wearisome; tiresome; boring
boring
Uninteresting and tiresome; dull.
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  1. Uninteresting and tiresome; dull.
  2. For making holes
  3. Dull, tiresome, etc.
unintelligent
Not intelligent.
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  1. Not intelligent.
  2. Having or showing a lack or deficiency of intelligence
  3. Having or displaying a lack or small amount of intelligence.
ignorant
Lacking knowledge (in a particular area or matter)
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  1. Lacking knowledge (in a particular area or matter)
  2. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
  3. Having little knowledge, education, or experience; uneducated; inexperienced
unintellectual
(Of a person) Not intellectual.
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  1. (Of a person) Not intellectual.
  2. (Of a task) Not requiring the use of the intellect.
vacuous
Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle:
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  1. Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle:
  2. (Archaic) Devoid of matter; empty:
  3. Characterized by lack of purpose, of profitable employment, etc.; idle
scatterbrained
Absent-minded, forgetful, distractable.
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  1. Absent-minded, forgetful, distractable.
  2. Having the qualities of a scatterbrain.
feeble-minded
Exhibiting a marked lack of intelligent consideration and forethought:
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  1. Exhibiting a marked lack of intelligent consideration and forethought:
  2. Deficient in intelligence. No longer in scientific use.
addlebrained
Having an addle brain; muddled; stupid
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  1. Having an addle brain; muddled; stupid
thick-witted
Slow-witted; stupid
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  1. Slow-witted; stupid
  2. Stupid; dull.
  3. Alternative form of thickwitted.
slow-witted
Having a mind that works slowly and ineffectively; not bright or alert; dull
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  1. Having a mind that works slowly and ineffectively; not bright or alert; dull
  2. Slow to comprehend.
  3. Alternative form of slow-witted.
thick-skulled
Stupid or obtuse
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  1. Stupid or obtuse
insensate
Lacking sensation; not feeling, or not capable of feeling, sensation; inanimate
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  1. Lacking sensation; not feeling, or not capable of feeling, sensation; inanimate
  2. Lacking sense or the power to reason.
  3. Lacking sensibility; without regard or feeling for others; cold; insensitive
dim
Not likely to turn out well
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  1. Not likely to turn out well
  2. Emitting only a small amount of light; faint:
  3. Not clear or distinct in character; lacking definition, distinction, strength, etc.
prosy
Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
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  1. Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
  2. Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.
  3. Prosaic; commonplace, dull, uninteresting, etc.
prosaic
Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
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  1. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
  2. Commonplace, dull and ordinary
  3. Of or like prose rather than poetry; often, specif., heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc.
fatuous
Complacently stupid or inane; silly; foolish
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  1. Complacently stupid or inane; silly; foolish
  2. Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way:
insensitive
Not having normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic
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  1. Not having normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic
  2. Not sensitive; esp., incapable of being impressed, influenced, or affected; having little or no reaction (to)
  3. Having or showing a lack of concern for the feelings of others; tactless
unfeeling
Incapable of feeling or sensation; insensate or insensible
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  1. Incapable of feeling or sensation; insensate or insensible
  2. Without emotion or sympathy
  3. Not sympathetic to others; callous or hardhearted.
numb
Emotionally unresponsive; indifferent:
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  1. Emotionally unresponsive; indifferent:
  2. Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
  3. Deprived of the power to feel or move normally; benumbed:
wooden
Clumsy and awkward; ungainly.
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  1. Clumsy and awkward; ungainly.
  2. Made of wood.
  3. Stiff and unnatural; without spirit:
listless
Characterized by such a feeling
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  1. Characterized by such a feeling
  2. Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; lethargic:
  3. Having no interest in what is going on about one, as a result of illness, weariness, dejection, etc.; spiritless; languid
apathetic
Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.
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  1. Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.
  2. Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.
  3. Feeling or showing little or no emotion; unresponsive.
phlegmatic
(Obs.) Of, like, or producing the humor phlegm
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  1. (Obs.) Of, like, or producing the humor phlegm
  2. Hard to rouse to action
  3. Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
torpid
Conducive to sluggishness or inactivity, especially in being warm and humid:
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  1. Conducive to sluggishness or inactivity, especially in being warm and humid:
  2. Showing little interest; apathetic:
  3. Slow and dull; apathetic
spiritless
Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
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  1. Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
brainless
(Not comparable) Having no brain.
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  1. (Not comparable) Having no brain.
  2. Foolish or stupid
  3. (Comparable) Unintelligent, with little common sense.
shallow
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
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  1. Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
  2. Measuring little from bottom to top or surface; lacking physical depth.
  3. Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
indolent
Slow to heal
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  1. Slow to heal
  2. Slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive:
  3. Causing little or no pain:
non compos mentis
Mentally incompetent. Mentally incompetent.
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  1. Mentally incompetent. Mentally incompetent.
  2. Not of sound mind and hence not legally competent.
simple-minded
Lacking in subtlety or sophistication; artless or naive:
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  1. Lacking in subtlety or sophistication; artless or naive:
  2. Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  3. Stupid or silly; foolish.
simple
Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere:
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  1. Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere:
  2. Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
  3. Lowly in condition or rank:
moronic
Showing foolishness or stupidity.
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  1. Showing foolishness or stupidity.
  2. Exhibiting mild intellectual disability. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
lumpish
Like lumps, composed of unshaped or mismatched pieces.
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  1. Like lumps, composed of unshaped or mismatched pieces.
  2. Shaped like a lump, ill defined in shape.
  3. Heavy, clumsy, dull, stupid, etc.
stuffy
(Informal) Dull or stodgy; not interesting or stimulating
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  1. (Informal) Dull or stodgy; not interesting or stimulating
  2. Conservative, conventional, old-fashioned, etc.
  3. Poorly ventilated; having little fresh air; close
stodgy
Dull, old-fashioned
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  1. Dull, old-fashioned
  2. (Of food) having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
  3. Heavy and unpalatable
dumb
Producing no sound
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  1. Producing no sound
  2. Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words:
  3. Lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects.
thick
Heavy in form, build, or stature; thickset:
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  1. Heavy in form, build, or stature; thickset:
  2. Having or suggesting a heavy or viscous consistency:
  3. Hard to hear or understand, as from being husky or slurred:
dopey
Stupid; doltish:
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  1. Stupid; doltish:
  2. Silly, ridiculous, etc.
  3. Mentally slow or confused; lethargic or stupid
lowbrow
Uncultivated; vulgar.
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  1. Uncultivated; vulgar.
  2. Alternative spelling of lowbrow.
  3. Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture.
muscle-bound
(Figuratively) Ungainly as a result of muscle over-development.
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  1. (Figuratively) Ungainly as a result of muscle over-development.
  2. Alternative form of musclebound.
  3. Having a muscly physique; often, specif., having muscles so overdeveloped as to result in a stiff, inflexible way of moving
dimwitted
Alternative spelling of dim-witted.
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  1. Alternative spelling of dim-witted.
tedious
(Obsolete) Moving or progressing very slowly.
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  1. (Obsolete) Moving or progressing very slowly.
  2. Tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring.
  3. Full of tedium; long or verbose and wearisome; tiresome; boring
boring
Uninteresting and tiresome; dull.
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  1. Uninteresting and tiresome; dull.
  2. For making holes
  3. Dull, tiresome, etc.
tiresome
Annoying; irksome
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  1. Annoying; irksome
  2. Tiring; boring; tedious
  3. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
prosy
Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.
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  1. Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.
  2. Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
  3. Prosaic; commonplace, dull, uninteresting, etc.
heavy
Hard to work with or travel over because of mud, sand, clay, etc.
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  1. Hard to work with or travel over because of mud, sand, clay, etc.
  2. Having a large capacity or designed for rough work:
  3. Very popular or important:
leaden
Having the inert heaviness of lead; hard to move or lift
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  1. Having the inert heaviness of lead; hard to move or lift
  2. Made of or containing lead.
  3. Sluggish; dull; heavy in action, feeling, etc.
prosaic
Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
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  1. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
  2. Of or like prose rather than poetry; often, specif., heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc.
  3. Commonplace, dull and ordinary
trite
Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed.
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  1. Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed.
  2. Worn out by constant use; no longer having freshness, originality, or novelty; stale
hackneyed
Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
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  1. Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
  2. Made trite by overuse
  3. Repeated too often.
monotonous
Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone:
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  1. Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone:
  2. Having little or no variation or variety
  3. Going on in the same tone without variation
humdrum
Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
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  1. Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
dreary
Dismal; bleak.
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  1. Dismal; bleak.
  2. Gloomy; cheerless; depressing; dismal; dull
  3. Boring; dull:
dismal
Causing gloom or misery; depressing
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  1. Causing gloom or misery; depressing
  2. Depressed; miserable
  3. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit:
dry
Marked by the absence of natural or normal moisture:
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  1. Marked by the absence of natural or normal moisture:
  2. Lacking tenderness, warmth, or involvement; severe:
  3. No longer yielding liquid, especially milk:
arid
Not interesting; lifeless; dull
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  1. Not interesting; lifeless; dull
  2. Lacking enough water for things to grow; dry and barren
  3. Very dry, especially having less precipitation than is needed to support most trees or woody plants. Deserts have arid climates.
barren
Not producing or incapable of producing offspring. Used of female animals.
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  1. Not producing or incapable of producing offspring. Used of female animals.
  2. That cannot produce offspring; sterile
  3. Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation:
colorless
Pale; pallid:
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  1. Pale; pallid:
  2. Lacking color:
  3. Without color
insipid
Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull.
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  1. Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull.
  2. Without flavor; tasteless
  3. Not exciting or interesting; dull; lifeless
vapid
Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull:
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  1. Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull:
  2. Uninteresting; lifeless; dull; boring
  3. Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat:
flat
Having a smooth, even surface:
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  1. Having a smooth, even surface:
  2. Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key:
  3. Without much business activity
bland
Tasteless, insipid, dull, etc.
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  1. Tasteless, insipid, dull, etc.
  2. Having little or no distinctive flavor:
  3. Exhibiting no personal worry, embarrassment, or concern:
uninteresting
Lacking interest; dull; tedious
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  1. Lacking interest; dull; tedious
  2. Arousing little or no interest; boring or uneventful.
deadly
Destructive in effect:
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  1. Destructive in effect:
  2. Extreme or terrible:
  3. Aiming or wanting to kill; implacable:
prolix
Tediously prolonged; wordy:
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  1. Tediously prolonged; wordy:
  2. Tending to speak or write at excessive length.
  3. Using more words than are necessary; long-winded
stupid
Lacking normal intelligence or understanding; slow-witted; dull
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  1. Lacking normal intelligence or understanding; slow-witted; dull
  2. Dazed, stunned, or stupefied:
  3. Used to express disparagement or exasperation:
commonplace
Uninteresting; unremarkable:
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  1. Uninteresting; unremarkable:
  2. Neither new nor interesting; obvious or ordinary
  3. Ordinary; common:
ordinary
Occurring in the usual course of events; usual and normal.
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  1. Occurring in the usual course of events; usual and normal.
  2. (Law) Having direct authority to decide a case, rather than being delegated that power, as a judge.
  3. Familiar; unexceptional; common; average
common
Occurring frequently or habitually; usual:
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  1. Occurring frequently or habitually; usual:
  2. Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average:
  3. Widespread; prevalent:
usual
Commonly encountered, experienced, or observed:
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  1. Commonly encountered, experienced, or observed:
  2. In conformity with regular practice or procedure:
  3. Such as is in common or ordinary use; such as is most often seen, heard, used, etc.; common; ordinary; customary
stuffy
Conservative, conventional, old-fashioned, etc.
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  1. Conservative, conventional, old-fashioned, etc.
  2. Poorly ventilated; having little fresh air; close
  3. (Informal) Dull or stodgy; not interesting or stimulating
stodgy
(Of food) having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
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  1. (Of food) having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
  2. Dull, old-fashioned
  3. Heavily built; bulky and slow in movement
old
Made long ago; in existence for many years:
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  1. Made long ago; in existence for many years:
  2. Skilled or able through long experience; practiced:
  3. Belonging to a remote or former period in history; ancient:
ancient
(Archaic) Having the qualities associated with age, wisdom, or long use; venerable:
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  1. (Archaic) Having the qualities associated with age, wisdom, or long use; venerable:
  2. Of great age; very old:
  3. Of, relating to, or belonging to times long past, especially before the fall of the Western Roman Empire ( ad 476):
stale
Out of condition, ineffective, enervated, bored, etc. from either too much or too little activity
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  1. Out of condition, ineffective, enervated, bored, etc. from either too much or too little activity
  2. (Law) Having lost legal force or effect through lack of use or action, as a claim or lien
  3. Having lost freshness; made musty, dry, bad, etc. by having been kept too long
moth-eaten
Decayed or decrepit in appearance; worn-out
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  1. Decayed or decrepit in appearance; worn-out
  2. Containing holes by having been eaten by moth larvae.
  3. Old and in poor condition
out-of-date
(Idiomatic) Not conforming to the current fashion or style; old-fashioned.
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  1. (Idiomatic) Not conforming to the current fashion or style; old-fashioned.
  2. No longer in style or use; not current; outmoded; old-fashioned
  3. (Idiomatic) Too old to be used; not current; invalid; outmoded.
antediluvian
(Bible) Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.
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  1. (Bible) Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.
  2. Of the time before the biblical Flood
  3. Extremely old or old-fashioned.
archaic
Relating to a Native American culture prevalent throughout much of North America from about 8000 bc to about 1000 bc , characterized especially by the development of Mesolithic tools and by the increased reliance on smaller game animals as the large Pleistocene mammals became extinct.
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  1. Relating to a Native American culture prevalent throughout much of North America from about 8000 bc to about 1000 bc , characterized especially by the development of Mesolithic tools and by the increased reliance on smaller game animals as the large Pleistocene mammals became extinct.
  2. Relating to or being an early form of Homo sapiens or a closely related species, such as Neanderthal, that is anatomically distinct from modern humans.
  3. Relating to, being, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.
hoary
Covered with grayish hair or pubescence:
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  1. Covered with grayish hair or pubescence:
  2. Having white or gray hair from advanced age
  3. So old as to inspire veneration; ancient.
worn-out
Worn or used until no longer usable or effective.
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  1. Worn or used until no longer usable or effective.
  2. No longer effective, usable, or serviceable due to wear or overuse
  3. Damaged due to hard or continued use or exposure until no longer useful or effective.
banal
Dull or stale as because of overuse; trite; hackneyed; commonplace
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  1. Dull or stale as because of overuse; trite; hackneyed; commonplace
  2. Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite:
tired
Overused; hackneyed:
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  1. Overused; hackneyed:
  2. Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.
  3. Impatient; bored:
senseless
Not having or showing good sense; stupid; foolish
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  1. Not having or showing good sense; stupid; foolish
  2. Having no real point or purpose; nonsensical; meaningless
  3. (Informal) Unconscious, usually as a result of physical trauma.
pointless
Lacking meaning; senseless:
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  1. Lacking meaning; senseless:
  2. Failing to score a point:
  3. Without meaning, relevance, or force; senseless; inane
uninspiring
Not inspiring
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  1. Not inspiring
  2. Not able or likely to arouse enthusiasm in others
pedestrian
Undistinguished; ordinary:
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  1. Undistinguished; ordinary:
  2. Going or performed on foot:
  3. Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians:
jejune
Not mature; childish
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  1. Not mature; childish
  2. Lacking maturity; childish:
  3. Not interesting or satisfying; dull or empty
tame
Without spirit or force; dull
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  1. Without spirit or force; dull
  2. (Chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
  3. Changed from a wild to a domesticated state: said as of animals trained for use by humans or as pets
routine
Having the nature of, using, or by routine
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  1. Having the nature of, using, or by routine
  2. Habitual; regular:
  3. Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.
familiar
Of established friendship; intimate:
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  1. Of established friendship; intimate:
  2. Often encountered or seen:
  3. Well-known; common; ordinary
well-known
Widely known; familiar or famous:
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  1. Widely known; familiar or famous:
  2. (Nonstandard) Alternative form of well-known.
  3. (Computing, not comparable) Generally recognised; reserved for some usual purpose.
conventional
Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy:
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  1. Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy:
  2. Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary:
  3. Depending on or conforming to formal or accepted standards or rules rather than nature; not natural, original, or spontaneous
depressing
Causing sadness, gloom, or dejection:
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  1. Causing sadness, gloom, or dejection:
  2. Causing depression or sadness.
  3. Causing especially emotional depression.
sluggish
Not active; slow or slow-moving; dull
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  1. Not active; slow or slow-moving; dull
  2. Slow to perform or respond to stimulation.
  3. Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive:
plodding
Progressing slowly and laboriously.
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  1. Progressing slowly and laboriously.
repetitious
Full of or characterized by repetition, esp. tiresome or boring repetition
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  1. Full of or characterized by repetition, esp. tiresome or boring repetition
  2. Filled with repetition, especially needless or tedious repetition.
repetitive
Of or characterized by repetition
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  1. Of or characterized by repetition
  2. Given to or characterized by repetition.
  3. Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.
well-worn
Carried or worn in a becoming manner:
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  1. Carried or worn in a becoming manner:
  2. (By extension) trite or hackneyed; repeated too often
  3. Showing signs of much wear or use.
wearisome
Causing physical or mental fatigue; tedious or tiresome.
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  1. Causing physical or mental fatigue; tedious or tiresome.
  2. Causing weariness; tiring, tiresome, or tedious
  3. Tiresome, tedious or causing fatigue.
wearing
Intended to be worn
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  1. Intended to be worn
  2. Causing wear; eroding:
  3. Subject to or showing indication of wear:
soporific
Drowsy.
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  1. Drowsy.
  2. Of or characterized by sleep or sleepiness
  3. Causing or tending to cause sleep