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dullness

[duhl-nis] / ˈdʌl nɪs /




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It feels like a petty grievance—yet another example of greatness being conflated with dullness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Excessive coloring of the hair to lighten the color can cause damage to the hair shaft leading to dullness, increased hair fragility, and breakage.

From National Geographic • Aug. 22, 2023

A 90-minute ramble revealed L.A.’s familiar extremes: big houses alongside dingbats, the shock of the unexpected coinciding with numbing dullness.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023

But his approach to his books was shaped in part by his Jesuit background, by the depth of his learning and the dullness of how he learned it.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

She would even welcome kimril soup in all its comforting dullness.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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