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Definitions: Lustreless |
LustrelessAdjective1. Lacking brilliance or vitality; "a dull lackluster life"; "a lusterless performance". 2. Lacking luster or shine; "staring with lackluster eyes"; "lusterless hair". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lustreless" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1835. (references) |
Synonyms: LustrelessSynonyms: lackluster (adj), lacklustre (adj), lusterless (adj). (additional references) |
| "Lustreless" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lustreless" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "lustreless"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | угаснал (dead, extinct), матов (dead, dim, dull, mat, muddy, opaque), без блясък (muddy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kiilloton (dull), himmeä (dim, dull, matt, obscure, tarnished). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stumpf (blunt, bluntly, dull, dulled, flat, lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, masculine, obtuse, pointless, snub, stolid, stolidly, stub, stump, stupid, toneless, truncated, turned-up), glanzlos (dim, dull, flat, lackluster, lusterless, mat, mate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fénytelen (lack-lustre, lightless, mat, pallid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuhoilsheanagh, gyn sollyssid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ustrelesslay esplendor (blaze, bravery, bright, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, eclat, effulgence, flourish, grandeur, illumination, irradiation, lustful, magnificence, pomp, radiance, radiancy, resplendence, sheen, splendor, splendour), baço (Brown, dim, dingy, dull, ill humor, ill humour, lacklustre, Milt, spleen, swarthy, tarnished). (various references) mat (dead, dull, mat, mate, opaque), fãrã strãlucire (dead), fãrã luciu (dull). (various references) matt (depressed, dim, dull, dusty, faint, faintly, feeble, flat, frosted, jaded, lacklustre, languid, mat, tame, weak, wishy washy), glanslös (dead, dull, lacklustre, lack-lustre). (various references) xỉn (dingy, dull, dully, mat), không sáng, không bóng (unpolished). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lusterless, resultless. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-l-l-r-s-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: streusels. | |
-2 letters: estruses, restless, ruleless, rustless, streusel, tressels. | |
-3 letters: lusters, lustres, resells, results, retells, russets, rustles, sellers, streels, sutlers, tellers, tressel, tresses, trusses, tussers, tussles, ulsters, useless. | |
-4 letters: elutes, esters, estrus, lesser, luster, lustre, reests, relets, resell, resets, result, retell, retuse, reuses, russet, rustle, seller, selles, serest, sleets, steels, steers, steles, steres, streel, stress. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-l-l-r-s-s-s-t-u" | |
+3 letters: trolleybusses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 75 73 74 72 65 6C 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. ..- ... - .-. . .-.. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01110101 01110011 01110100 01110010 01100101 01101100 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L u s t r e l e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0075 0073 0074 0072 0065 006C 0065 0073 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46878586847178718585 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulgarialainen, bulgare, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, bulgar, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | фински език, фински, suomi, suomalainen, finnisch, finn, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, finsk, tiếng Phần-lan |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, saksalainen, deutsch, Deutsche, német, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, tysk, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, unkarilainen, Ungar, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, ungrare, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, från ön man |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalilainen, portugiesisch, portugál, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, portugis, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | румънски език, румънски, румънец, romanialainen, rumäne, román, Roomainagh, romeno, român, rumänsk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | шведски, шведски език, швед, ruotsalainen, schwedisch, svéd, Soolynish, Soolynagh, svensk, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamilainen, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, vietnames, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, englantia, englantilainen, englisch, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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