CEFR B2

lack-lustre

adjective

Meaning

lack-lustre means (Commonwealth spelling) Alternative spelling of lackluster. [Lacking brilliance or intelligence.]. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The writer described the response as lack-lustre.
A lack-lustre tone can change the mood of a conversation.

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lack-lustre (B2)

adjective

Definition

Examples

The writer described the response as lack-lustre.
A lack-lustre tone can change the mood of a conversation.

How to Use lack-lustre

lack-lustre + noun (collocation): Use lack-lustre before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a lack-lustre reaction."
become lack-lustre (collocation): Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became lack-lustre near the end."

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