lusterless
/ˈlʌstɚləs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Without brilliance, unremarkable.
Example Sentences
- "The lips were of the usual marble pallor. The eyes were lustreless."
- "His thick, heavy, languid, lustreless black hair fell down behind his ears on to his shoulders, in that musicianlike way that is so offensive to the normal Englishman."
- "His Chevrolet was larger, but old and unwashed; the mudguards had been dented, cut, welded; one door had been ducoed in a lustreless colour that did not exactly match […]"
- "The school was a triumph for her husband after a lustreless career in Hong Kong, but it had brought her low."
Etymology
Etymology tree English lust Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English luster Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English lusterless From luster + -less.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlʌstɚləs/
- British English: /ˈlʌstələs/