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duller

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for duller.

Editorial note

The problem is not that we're encouraging kids, the problem is that duller adults prefer simple ideas to working ones.

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Quick take

One who, or that which, dulls.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

One who, or that which, dulls.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for duller.

noun

One who, or that which, dulls.

Example sentences

1

The problem is not that we're encouraging kids, the problem is that duller adults prefer simple ideas to working ones.

2

You don't take a fork to drink a soup and you don't take a spoon to cut meat (unless the knife is duller than the spoon).

3

Yes it was 4k, but it was noisy, had rolling shutter and colours were duller than dish water.

4

That's why if you stub your toe, you feel two waves of pain: one sharp and quick, and the other much duller.

5

At a no-name school, you trade duller classmates for better access to the faculty.

6

I'll buy a bigger, duller car for her and her impending sibling, without thinking twice about it.

7

I mean, Silicon Valley minus its admittedly awesome tech/science scene is not much different from the duller parts of Orange County and is at least twice as expensive.

8

The Los Angeles flag couldn't be duller if it tried.

9

I don't have data showing it, but I think making the driver's work duller can make things less safe for his passengers.

10

Real life for most developer is a lot duller.

11

Now that I'm a developer, my work is so intellectually challenging and interesting that I could not replicate the same learning that I did in my duller days.

12

I think I speak for everyone when I say that I'm enormously appreciative of your writing, and the internet would be a whole lot duller without you around.

Quote examples

1

Nor can you describe the new iOS7 icons as "kinda the same, with duller colours and flat design".

2

Coin silver wire (2mm to fit standard draughting leadholders) is "normal" for the silverpoint drawing technique, and there wouldn't be a whole lot of sharpening involved if super-fine cross-hatching wasn't one of the expectations ("scumbling" a duller wire will also achieve shading).

3

What I CAN tell you is that cigarettes have the following effects for me and my smoker peers, as far as I've known -> When I'm on cigarettes, my field of vision narrows, colours become duller, I'm marginally more focused on specific tasks, better able to "tune out 'random noise'".

4

), the person looks essentially the same, except 3 major things change throughout the "hot or not" ratings: - thinning of the face - hair color / condition - skin tone / makeup The 1-3.4 has duller hair, fatter face and almost no evidence of makeup in comparison to the 9-9.5 face.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use duller in a sentence?

The problem is not that we're encouraging kids, the problem is that duller adults prefer simple ideas to working ones.

What does duller mean?

One who, or that which, dulls.

What part of speech is duller?

duller is commonly used as noun.