dullness

noun

variants also dulness
Definition of dullnessnext
as in thickness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind the dullness of the characters in horror movies cannot be overstated

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Recent Examples of dullness Mistakes to Avoid When Cleaning Laminate Floors Laminate is a delicate flooring material that is vulnerable to scratching and dullness if it’s not cleaned properly. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 31 July 2026 Using the wrong product can cause etching or dullness that’s difficult to reverse. — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 31 July 2026 Formulated for all hair types, the set is particularly ideal for addressing thinning, brittleness, and dullness. — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 25 July 2026 My Tennis View Queen had, unsurprisingly, views of the tennis facility, but with plenty of lush greenery to offset any dullness. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 Shoppers dealing with keratosis pilaris, rough patches or dullness tend to gravitate toward exfoliating formulas with retinol or acids like lactic and glycolic. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026 Through the gut-skin axis, an unhealthy gut or ongoing internal inflammation can contribute to conditions such as acne, eczema, rosacea, dullness, and sensitive skin. — Tatiana Dias, Vogue, 25 June 2026 Lavender softens the look of dullness, green helps reduce the appearance of redness, and peach helps counter visible dark spots. — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 25 June 2026 Caffeine and algae extract target puffiness and dullness, making dark spots and undereye shadows less pronounced over time. — Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dullness
  1. thickness
  2. slowness
  3. dumbness
  4. stupidness
  5. denseness
  6. stupidity
  7. mindlessness
  8. density
Noun
  • How Long to Grill Salmon Cooking time depends much more on thickness than weight.
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Three of the four main tendons (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and subscapularis tendons) had full-thickness tears.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
Definition of thickness
Noun
  • Organizations are encouraged to embed this 'slowness' into their processes, pre-determining when pauses are necessary and empowering teams to take them.
    — Alfonso Cahero, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Symptoms include tremors, stiffness, difficulty balancing and slowness of movement.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 27 July 2026
Definition of slowness
Noun
  • The first 10 minutes are an incredible swirl of paranoia, alcoholism, and sluggish dumbness when Gould just needs to feed his cat.
    — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
  • Unlike its sibling concepts of dumbness and idiocy, stupidity isn’t really a personality trait.
    — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of dumbness
Noun
  • In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s default protections against committing secrets—protections designed to protect unwitting or unskilled developers against exactly this kind of stupidness—had been disabled by the repo’s administrator.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
Definition of stupidness
Noun
  • Tiernan is tall but carries the denseness of frame and core strength of a guard.
    — Matthew Mowery, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Understand how rye works in baking Though dark, dense rye bread is delicious, rye flour does not inherently create denseness in other baked goods.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of denseness
Noun
  • The stupidity and greed of the status quo threatens to drive her insane.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
  • His eventual dismissal in second-half stoppage time was an exercise in rash stupidity, crashing through Spain’s teenage center back Pau Cubarsi.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of stupidity
Noun
  • There’s the White House and its malicious megaphone of mindlessness; the generative AI advocates and their pushy, pathetic ploys; the Major League Baseball owners and their dedication to self-destruction.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The show’s real villain is mindlessness, in other words.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of mindlessness
Noun
  • Within the white space, high-density GPU racks require instantaneous, high-rate discharge to insulate servers against power spikes and dropouts.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
  • The answer will determine whether today's infrastructure investments remain economically viable as densities and electricity costs rise.
    — Deania Davidson, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of density

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