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dim

adjective as in unfavorable with regard to opinion

adjective as in not very intelligent

verb as in darken; obscure

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Because Saturn was so dim, as well as so far and slow, it had “this heft and heaviness,” and became known in traditional astrology as the Greater Malefic, a planet of hard things.

Something dim and unknowable seemed to be asking me to trust it.

Meanwhile, the outlook for Orano's hopes of restoring normal uranium operations and exports from Niger look dim, given the hostile attitude of the military regime in Niamey.

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SCR will dedicate the Dec. 20 performance of “A Christmas Carol” to Benson and dim the theater’s lights in his honor.

Hurley-Walker says it’s a hint that the LPT is actually emanating from a white dwarf, too small and dim to be observed directly, in a binary orbit with the red dwarf.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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