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Both are real questions high-schoolers face at this point in their lives, but that doesn’t amount to engaging conflict here thanks to a dull screenplay.
IT WAS TIME FOR THE ‘TO ALL THE BOYS’ FRANCHISE TO ENDSONIA RAOFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Finally, Winceworth finds his labor to be so dull that he creates fake words and sneaks them into Swansby’s Dictionary.
‘LIAR’S DICTIONARY’ A FAB, QUEER TALE FOR LOVERS OF LANGUAGEKATHI WOLFEJANUARY 29, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE
A dull village life might have prompted our ancestors to explore what might be across that river, or perhaps to try a new berry they found in the woods.
THERE’S A RIGHT AND WRONG WAY TO BE BOREDSARA CHODOSHJANUARY 22, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE
Place the shiny side next to your body, as the dull silver side reflects only 65 percent of radiated heat.
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Long gone are the days of dead batteries, dull blades, and desperate trips to the barber.
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Any roboticist will happily hammer into you the concept of the three Ds — the dull, dirty and dangerous jobs where the technology is most likely to be deployed.
2020 WILL CHANGE THE WAY WE LOOK AT ROBOTICSBRIAN HEATERDECEMBER 30, 2020TECHCRUNCH
The policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENS
Drone: the largest tube of a bag-pipe, giving forth a dull heavy tone.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFT
It'll be beastly dull for her at The Warren, you see, poor girl; and she doesn't seem to jump at Spunyarn, though he does hang on.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
They are grayish or colorless, and have a dull waxy look, as if cut from paraffin (Figs. 43 and 61).
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO DULL

  • dense
  • dull
  • moronic
  • unintelligent
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