lusterless

English

Alternative forms

lustreless

Etymology

From luster +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌstələs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌstɚləs/

Adjective

lusterless (comparative more lusterless, superlative most lusterless)

Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte finished.
Synonym: lackluster
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Premature Burial’:
  The lips were of the usual marble pallor. The eyes were lustreless.
- 1894, George du Maurier, “Part First”, in Trilby: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 174215199, pages 11–12:
  His thick, heavy, languid, lustreless black hair fell down behind his ears on to his shoulders, in that musicianlike way that is so offensive to the normal Englishman.
- 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, 2001, Part Two, Chapter 5,
  His Chevrolet was larger, but old and unwashed; the mudguards had been dented, cut, welded; one door had been ducoed in a lustreless colour that did not exactly match […]
Without brilliance, unremarkable.
- 1967, William Trevor, "Children of the Headmaster," in Collected Stories, Penguin, 1992, p. 1237,
  The school was a triumph for her husband after a lustreless career in Hong Kong, but it had brought her low.

Anagrams

lustreless, resultless

单词	lusterless
释义	lusterless English Alternative forms lustreless Etymology From luster +‎ -less. Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌstələs/ (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌstɚləs/ Adjective lusterless (comparative more lusterless, superlative most lusterless) Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte finished. Synonym: lackluster 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Premature Burial’: The lips were of the usual marble pallor. The eyes were lustreless. 1894, George du Maurier, “Part First”, in Trilby: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 174215199, pages 11–12: His thick, heavy, languid, lustreless black hair fell down behind his ears on to his shoulders, in that musicianlike way that is so offensive to the normal Englishman. 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, 2001, Part Two, Chapter 5, His Chevrolet was larger, but old and unwashed; the mudguards had been dented, cut, welded; one door had been ducoed in a lustreless colour that did not exactly match […] Without brilliance, unremarkable. 1967, William Trevor, "Children of the Headmaster," in Collected Stories, Penguin, 1992, p. 1237, The school was a triumph for her husband after a lustreless career in Hong Kong, but it had brought her low. Anagrams lustreless, resultless
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