lame
Example Sentences
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I tried lots of times to say something, but it sounded just as lame as the things they were saying.
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Yet, as the storm ended, one of my dogs was lame and I had to put him on the sleigh.
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He’d been around so long he could sniff out a lame cadet excuse from a mile away.
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Determining the points at which past Fed chairs became lame ducks is not an exact science, needless to say.
From MarketWatch
Saying the house is like a character too sounds a bit lame.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.