If you describe something or someone as lacklustre, you mean that they are not exciting or energetic.
He has already been blamed for his party's lackluster performance during the electioncampaign.
Synonyms: flat, boring, dull, dim More Synonyms of lacklustre
lacklustre in British English
or US lackluster (ˈlækˌlʌstə)
adjective
lacking force, brilliance, or vitality
Examples of 'lacklustre' in a sentence
lacklustre
His players certainly produced a lacklustre display.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And it was no more than they deserved for a worryingly lacklustre display.
The Sun (2014)
His performances have been lacklustre and lacked bite.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He has come under fire for a series of lacklustre displays since his return from injury last month.
The Sun (2008)
In a fairly lacklustre campaign all round, it is tempting to look beyond the main parties.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He has fought a lacklustre campaign for the most powerful job in British local government.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Despite a lacklustre campaign, he deserves the chance to show what he can do.
The Sun (2010)
The citing capped a miserable day for England after a lacklustre display in the tour opener.
The Sun (2010)
But despite her lacklustre performance in the jungle, after seeing these smouldering pics any guy would become her fan again.
The Sun (2013)
It was a fitting finale to a lacklustre World Cup campaign.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Just examine this limp, lethargic, lacklustre display.
The Sun (2011)
The biggest concern for South Africa is the lacklustre performance of their feared pace attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Despite criticisms of a lacklustre campaign by most of the leaders, 46 per cent say they have found the campaign interesting.
The Sun (2015)
It has no scent, and goes on with a rather lacklustre sensation, but it does appear to have a definite improving effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His short game, normally so reliable, deserted him somewhat and his general play was of the lacklustre variety rather than anything else.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The great success of the first Tutankhamun exhibition resided in the sheer beauty and splendour of its contents, which triumphed over rather lacklustre presentation.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The 36-year-old may well end up not being in charge for that game, given the lacklustre performance served up by his players as they were humbled.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
lacklustre
British English: lacklustre ADJECTIVE
If you describe something or someone as lacklustre, you mean that they are not exciting or energetic.
He has already been blamed for his party's lacklustre performance during the election campaign.
American English: lackluster
Brazilian Portuguese: sem brilho
Chinese: 无精打采的
European Spanish: deslucido
French: terne
German: farblos
Italian: scialbo
Japanese: 活気のない
Korean: 활기 없는
European Portuguese: sem brilho
Latin American Spanish: deslucido
(adjective)
Definition
lacking brilliance, force, or vitality
his party's lacklustre performance during the election campaign
Synonyms
flat
The past few days have been flat and empty.
boring
boring television programmes
dull
They can both be rather dull.
dim
She stood waiting in the dim light.
dry
The work was very dry and dull.
muted
sombre
a worried official in sombre black
drab
his drab little office
lifeless
His novels are shallow and lifeless.
prosaic
the aimless monotony of our prosaic everyday life
leaden
The weather was bitterly cold, with leaden skies.
unimaginative
Her second husband was a steady, unimaginative corporate lawyer.
uninspired
The script was singularly uninspired.
unexciting
vapid
The conversation was vapid and uninteresting.
lustreless
Her lustreless eyes were sunk deep in her face.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of boring
boring television programmes
Synonyms
uninteresting,
dull,
tedious,
dreary,
stale,
tiresome,
monotonous,
old,
dead,
flat,
dry,
routine,
uninspiring,
humdrum,
insipid,
mind-numbing,
unexciting,
ho-hum (informal),
repetitious,
wearisome,
unvaried,
yawnsome,
as dry as dust
in the sense of dim
Definition
lacking in brightness or lustre
She stood waiting in the dim light.
Synonyms
dull,
weak,
pale,
muted,
subdued,
feeble,
murky,
opaque,
dingy,
subfusc
in the sense of drab
Definition
dull and dreary
his drab little office
Synonyms
dull,
grey,
gloomy,
dismal,
dreary,
shabby,
sombre,
lacklustre,
flat,
dingy,
colourless,
uninspired,
vapid,
cheerless
Synonyms of 'lacklustre'
lacklustre
Explore 'lacklustre' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of dry
Definition
dull and uninteresting
The work was very dry and dull.
Synonyms
dull,
boring,
tedious,
commonplace,
dreary,
tiresome,
monotonous,
run-of-the-mill,
humdrum,
unimaginative,
uninteresting,
mind-numbing,
ho-hum (informal)
in the sense of dull
Definition
not interesting
They can both be rather dull.
Synonyms
boring,
tedious,
dreary,
flat,
dry,
plain,
commonplace,
tiresome,
monotonous,
prosaic,
run-of-the-mill,
humdrum,
unimaginative,
dozy,
uninteresting,
mind-numbing,
ho-hum (informal),
vapid,
as dry as dust
in the sense of leaden
Definition
of a dull greyish colour
The weather was bitterly cold, with leaden skies.
Synonyms
grey,
dingy,
overcast,
sombre,
lacklustre,
dark grey,
greyish,
lustreless,
louring or lowering
in the sense of lifeless
Definition
lacking liveliness or animation
His novels are shallow and lifeless.
Synonyms
dull,
cold,
flat,
hollow,
heavy,
slow,
wooden,
stiff,
passive,
static,
pointless,
sluggish,
lacklustre,
lethargic,
colourless,
listless,
torpid,
spiritless
in the sense of lustreless
Her lustreless eyes were sunk deep in her face.
Synonyms
dull,
flat,
matt,
faded,
pale,
tarnished,
drab,
lacklustre,
washed out,
lifeless,
dingy,
colourless,
unpolished
in the sense of prosaic
Definition
lacking imagination
the aimless monotony of our prosaic everyday life
Synonyms
dull,
ordinary,
boring,
routine,
flat,
dry,
everyday,
tame,
pedestrian,
commonplace,
mundane,
matter-of-fact,
stale,
banal,
uninspiring,
humdrum,
trite,
unimaginative,
hackneyed,
workaday,
vapid
in the sense of sombre
Definition
(of colour or clothes) dull or dark
a worried official in sombre black
Synonyms
dark,
dull,
gloomy,
sober,
drab
in the sense of unimaginative
Definition
not having or showing much imagination
Her second husband was a steady, unimaginative corporate lawyer.