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According to WordNet, the adjective "dull" has 12 sense(s).

300393992 (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues".

300036998 (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market".

301345307 so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome".

300800248 not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use".

300440579 slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students".

300803971 not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain".

300462249 darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick".

300806512 lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods".

302011622 not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets".

302107634 blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather.

301454985 being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets".

300283703 emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky".


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