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flatness
Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen
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  1. Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen
  2. (Oenology) Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts
  3. (Statistics) Sometimes used as a synonym for slim-tailedness or platykurticity
sameness
The quality or condition of being the same.
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  1. The quality or condition of being the same.
  2. The state or quality of being the same; identity or uniformity
  3. Lack of change or variety; monotony
routine
A regular, more or less unvarying procedure, customary, prescribed, or habitual, as of business or daily life
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  1. A regular, more or less unvarying procedure, customary, prescribed, or habitual, as of business or daily life
  2. A scripted piece of entertainment, especially in a nightclub or theater:
  3. A set of customary or unchanging and often mechanically performed activities or procedures:
uninterestingness
The state or quality of being uninteresting.
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  1. The state or quality of being uninteresting.
dryness
The degree to which something is dry.
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  1. The degree to which something is dry.
  2. The quality or state of being dry
  3. (Uncountable) A lack of moisture.
depression
A reduction in the activity of a physiological process, such as respiration.
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  1. A reduction in the activity of a physiological process, such as respiration.
  2. A mood disorder characterized by persistent sadness or inability to experience pleasure combined with other symptoms including poor concentration, indecisiveness, sleep problems, changes in appetite, and feelings of guilt, helplessness, and hopelessness.
  3. A reduction in physiological vigor or activity:
dimness
The state of being dim, poorly illuminated, almost dark.
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  1. The state of being dim, poorly illuminated, almost dark.
drabness
The characteristic of being drab.
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  1. The characteristic of being drab.
commonplaceness
The state or quality of being commonplace.
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  1. The state or quality of being commonplace.
mediocrity
A person of mediocre abilities or attainments
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  1. A person of mediocre abilities or attainments
  2. One that displays mediocre qualities.
  3. Mediocre ability, achievement, or performance.
tedium
The condition or quality of being tiresome, wearisome, boring, or monotonous; tediousness
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  1. The condition or quality of being tiresome, wearisome, boring, or monotonous; tediousness
monotony
Sameness of tone or pitch, or continuance of the same tone without variation
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  1. Sameness of tone or pitch, or continuance of the same tone without variation
  2. Uniformity or lack of variation in pitch, intonation, or inflection.
  3. Tedious sameness or repetitiousness:
deadliness
Tedium, or the quality of being boring
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  1. Tedium, or the quality of being boring
  2. The degree to which a thing is deadly.
dreariness
The characteristic of being dreary.
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  1. The characteristic of being dreary.
insipidity
(Countable) An insipid utterance.
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  1. (Countable) An insipid utterance.
  2. (Uncountable) The condition of being insipid; insipidness.
vapidity
A dull or uninteresting remark, idea, etc.
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  1. A dull or uninteresting remark, idea, etc.
  2. The state or quality of being vapid; flatness; dullness; insipidity
staleness
(Uncountable) The state or quality of being stale.
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  1. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being stale.
  2. (Countable) The result or product of being stale.
lifelessness
The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.
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  1. The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.
tameness
(Uncountable) The state or quality of being tame.
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  1. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being tame.
  2. (Countable, rare) The result or product of being tame.
familiarity
Acquaintance with or knowledge of something:
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  1. Acquaintance with or knowledge of something:
  2. Improper or unduly intimate friendliness; forwardness:
  3. The quality of being known from past experience:
hebetude
Dullness of mind; mental lethargy.
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  1. Dullness of mind; mental lethargy.
  2. The quality or condition of being dull or lethargic
languidness
The property of being languid.
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  1. The property of being languid.
languor
A lack of interest or spirit; feeling of listlessness; indifference
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  1. A lack of interest or spirit; feeling of listlessness; indifference
  2. Lack of physical or mental energy; listlessness:
  3. A lack of vigor or vitality; weakness
lassitude
A state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness.
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  1. A state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness.
leadenness
The quality of being leaden.
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  1. The quality of being leaden.
lethargy
A lack of interest or enthusiasm; apathy:
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  1. A lack of interest or enthusiasm; apathy:
  2. (Medicine) An abnormal state of drowsiness, as caused by disease or drugs.
  3. A condition of abnormal drowsiness or torpor
sluggishness
The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
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  1. The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
  2. The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
stupor
A state of reduced sensibility or consciousness:
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  1. A state of reduced sensibility or consciousness:
  2. Mental or moral dullness or apathy
  3. A state in which the mind and senses are dulled; partial or complete loss of sensibility, as from the use of a narcotic or from shock
torpidity
The property of being torpid.
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  1. The property of being torpid.
torpor
A state of being dormant or inactive; temporary loss of all or part of the power of sensation or motion; sluggishness; stupor
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  1. A state of being dormant or inactive; temporary loss of all or part of the power of sensation or motion; sluggishness; stupor
  2. A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility.
  3. Lethargy; apathy.
blandness
The state, quality, or characteristic of being bland.
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  1. The state, quality, or characteristic of being bland.
drabness
The characteristic of being drab.
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  1. The characteristic of being drab.
dreariness
The characteristic of being dreary.
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  1. The characteristic of being dreary.
dryness
The quality or state of being dry
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  1. The quality or state of being dry
  2. The degree to which something is dry.
  3. (Uncountable) A lack of moisture.
flatness
(Oenology) Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts
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  1. (Oenology) Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts
  2. (Statistics) Sometimes used as a synonym for slim-tailedness or platykurticity
  3. Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen
flavorlessness
The state or condition of being flavorless; lack of flavor.
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  1. The state or condition of being flavorless; lack of flavor.
insipidity
(Countable) An insipid utterance.
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  1. (Countable) An insipid utterance.
  2. (Uncountable) The condition of being insipid; insipidness.
jejuneness
The state or condition of being jejune.
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  1. The state or condition of being jejune.
lifelessness
The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.
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  1. The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.
sterileness
The state or condition of being sterile.
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  1. The state or condition of being sterile.
stodginess
The state or quality of being stodgy.
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  1. The state or quality of being stodgy.
vapidity
A dull or uninteresting remark, idea, etc.
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  1. A dull or uninteresting remark, idea, etc.
  2. The state or quality of being vapid; flatness; dullness; insipidity
vapidness
The state or quality of being vapid; vapidity.
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  1. The state or quality of being vapid; vapidity.
weariness
A lack of interest or excitement
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  1. A lack of interest or excitement
  2. The condition or quality of being weary; fatigue or tedium
  3. Exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness
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  • In the house that poetic dullness and quiet reigned which always accompanies the presence of a betrothed couple.

  • In philosophy, properly so called, the humanistic scorn for medieval dullness and obscurity swept away theological metaphysics as valueless.

  • Its almost complete absence in some of these works makes for monotony and produces a sense of dullness, which may not be inherent in all the details of the music, but is none the less distinctly present.

  • These exhortations are directed chiefly against the dullness of spirit which hinders progressive moral insight into the genius of the New Covenant (v.

  • During the winter months, people suffer from a variety of skin problems, including not only dry skin, but also itchiness, flakiness, dullness, chapping, and more.

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