| Hardly thrilling |
|
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| Boring |
LA Times Daily |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Lacking brightness |
|
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| Matt Damon's first to accompany actress Tracey, taking crew out |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Tedious (4) |
Mirror Quick |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Note university students are boring (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Extremely unexciting |
|
|
| Drab |
USA Today Quick |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Inducing yawns |
|
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| Tedious, boring |
|
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| Blunt-edged (4) |
|
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| Incredibly polluted poet being ejected, is so boring |
|
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| Lacking in liveliness or colour |
|
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| Bland and boring |
|
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| Stupid or blunted |
|
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| Not shiny |
|
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| Lacking brightness |
|
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| Note university students are boring |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 May 2025 |
| Tedious |
Mirror Quick |
21 May 2025 |
| Not glossy is boring (4) |
|
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| German, you figure, and Latin are boring (4) |
|
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| Not bright or clear |
Mirror Tea Time |
15 Apr 2025 |
| No fun when it's cloudy (4) |
|
|
| Bland (4) |
Puzzler |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Drab U.S. airport reduced by a third (4) |
|
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| Boring |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Matt is a bore (4) |
|
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| Not sharp |
Universal |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Not bright, not sharp |
|
|
| Slow to learn when it is cloudy (4) |
|
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| Uninteresting, to be blunt (4) |
|
|
| That's what 'overcast' means, stupid! (4) |
|
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| Not shiny |
Mirror Classic |
18 Jan 2025 |
| Tedious |
Mirror Quick |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Note university students are boring |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Uninteresting (4) |
Puzzler |
25 Nov 2024 |
| Yawn-inducing |
Universal |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Tedious, dreary |
The Times Concise |
26 Oct 2024 |
| Lacking brightness |
|
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| Blunt, a blade |
|
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| Tedious |
Puzzler Backwords |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Gloomy, overcast (4) |
|
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| Uninteresting day linked to port among those in the East End (4) |
|
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| Extremely unexciting |
|
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| Indistinct faded |
|
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| Boring |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Jul 2024 |
| Overcast, cloudy (4) |
|
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| Boring |
Mirror Quick |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Note university students are tedious |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Blunt an edge |
|
|
| Not bright or shiny (4) |
|
|
| Lacking interest; matt |
|
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| Needs wetting, one is told, when it's overcast (4) |
|
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| Boring |
LA Times Daily |
27 May 2024 |
| Daughter finds university students boring |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 May 2024 |
| Tedious |
Mirror Quick |
26 May 2024 |
| Most of expected lines will be boring |
|
|
| Not keen (4) |
|
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| Slow to learn it's overcast (4) |
|
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| It means "uninteresting", stupid! (4) |
|
|
| Lacking interest |
Mirror Classic |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Boring because slow-witted? (4) |
|
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| A blunt "slow-witted" (4) |
|
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| Lacking luster, say |
|
|
| Not sharp |
Commuter |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Boring |
Mirror Quick |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Note university students are tedious |
Mirror Cryptic |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Muted, as a color |
|
|
| Stupid, to be blunt (4) |
|
|
| Overcast or lacklustre (4) |
|
|
| Cloudy |
Mirror Classic |
21 Mar 2024 |
| Causing 3 Down, say (4) |
|
|
| Lacking brightness |
|
|
| It means "cloudy", stupid! (4) |
|
|
| Slow-moving cloud (4) |
|
|
| Constable in William Shakespeare stage play Love's Labour's Lost |
Mirror Quiz |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Stupid and lacking polish (4) |
|
|
| Not sharp |
Universal |
29 Dec 2023 |
| Boring |
Mirror Quick |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Tedious note to university students |
Mirror Cryptic |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Matt slow to learn (4) |
|
|
| Matt is boring |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Uninteresting |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Mind-numbing |
Newsday |
03 Nov 2023 |
| Boring puppet having nothing replaced by you, we hear |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Oct 2023 |
| Tedious |
The Guardian Speedy |
23 Jul 2023 |
| Not sharp |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Mind-numbing |
Universal |
25 Jan 2023 |
| Not too keen |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jul 2022 |
| Eliciting a yawn |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2022 |
| Boring |
The Guardian Quick |
24 May 2022 |
| Lacking luster, say |
|
|
| Like ditchwater? |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Yawn-inducing? |
The Guardian Quick |
24 Feb 2022 |
| Hardly compelling |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jan 2022 |
| Illustrated without artiste of the boring stuff |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Jan 2022 |
| Boring |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Dec 2021 |
| Nearly pointless? |
New York Times |
04 Nov 2021 |
| Like a matte finish |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Boring |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Not sharp |
Universal |
23 Jul 2021 |
| Lacking interest |
The Times Concise |
28 Jun 2021 |
| Causing yawns, often |
LA Times Daily |
11 May 2021 |
| Causing yawns, often |
The Washington Post |
11 May 2021 |
| Tedious |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 May 2021 |
| Very, very boring |
Family Time |
15 Feb 2021 |
| Boring |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Unexciting |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2020 |
| Lacking vivacity |
New York Times |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Well turned out? Weren't lacking interest! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Nov 2020 |
| Matt; overcast |
The Times Concise |
20 Oct 2020 |
| Boring |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Jun 2020 |
| Unexciting? Accordingly cut line |
|
|
| Colorless |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Feb 2020 |
| Uninteresting |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Matt sides with Duke of Argyll |
Irish Times Crosaire |
27 Dec 2019 |
| Needing sharpening |
Universal |
17 Dec 2019 |
| Tedious |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Nov 2019 |
| Far from exhilarating |
The Washington Post Sunday |
13 Oct 2019 |
| Needing sharpening |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2019 |
| Boring |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jun 2019 |
| Yawn-inducing |
|
|
| Yawn-inducing |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Boring serfs leave in full dress |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Jun 2019 |
| Hardly inspiring |
LA Times Daily |
05 Apr 2019 |
| Hardly inspiring |
The Washington Post |
05 Apr 2019 |
| Uninteresting |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Mar 2019 |
| Matt is boring |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Mar 2019 |
| Blunt |
Universal |
07 Mar 2019 |
| Hardly inspiring |
|
|
| Yawn-inducing |
|
|
| Needing sharpening |
|
|
| Blunt |
|
|
| Lacking in liveliness or animation |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Nov 2018 |
| Antonym of radiant or shiny |
|
|
| In need of sharpening |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Sep 2018 |
| Not sharp, as a knife |
Newsday |
13 Aug 2018 |
| Lacking brightness |
|
|
| Yawn-inducing |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Opposite of exciting |
Family Time |
24 Jun 2018 |
| In need of whetting |
Wall Street Journal |
26 May 2018 |
| Boring |
The Times Concise |
20 May 2018 |
| Lacking a sheen |
USA Today |
04 May 2018 |
| Yawn-inducing |
LA Times Daily |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Yawn-inducing |
The Washington Post |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Opposite of ''glossy'' |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2018 |
| 'All work and no play makes Jack a ___ boy' (proverb in 'The Shining') |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Jan 2018 |
| Tedious leaders of Delhi University lying low |
|
|
| In need of whetting |
|
|
| Yawn-inducing |
|
|
| Yawn-inducing |
|
|
| In need of sharpening |
|
|
| Lacking a sheen |
|
|
| Lackluster |
Premier Sunday |
15 Oct 2017 |
| Like some finishes |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2017 |
| Lacklustre |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jul 2017 |
| Uninteresting |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jun 2017 |
| Yawn-inducing |
|
|
| Yawn-inducing |
Universal |
25 Apr 2017 |
| Far from bright or exciting |
|
|
| Overcast |
The Guardian Quick |
31 Mar 2017 |
| Definitely uninteresting, lacking lustre on top |
|
|
| Not exciting at all |
Family Time |
12 Feb 2017 |
| Yawn-inducing |
|
|
| Lackluster |
|
|
| Like some finishes |
|
|
| Drab |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Dec 2016 |
| Sigh-inducing |
LA Times Daily |
21 Oct 2016 |
| Not keen if weather's not sunny |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Jul 2016 |
| Hardly thrilling |
Universal |
06 Jun 2016 |
| Matt |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Jun 2016 |
| A bit of a pain, Matt's ahead of champion, swallowing hard |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Apr 2016 |
| Yawn-provoking |
New York Times |
22 Mar 2016 |
| Lacking sharpness |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Feb 2016 |
| Not shiny; uninteresting |
The Times Concise |
04 Feb 2016 |
| Cloudy |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Feb 2016 |
| Hardly thrilling |
|
|
| Sigh-inducing |
|
|
| Lacking excitement |
The Times Concise |
07 Dec 2015 |
| Hardly thrilling |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Oct 2015 |
| Uninteresting |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Oct 2015 |
| Overcast |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Sep 2015 |
| Like watching paint dry |
Universal |
25 Apr 2015 |
| Snoozeville |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Dimwitted |
New York Times |
18 Feb 2015 |
| Great many top-class learners are far from scintillating |
|
|
| Hardly thrilling |
|
|
| Like a party pooper |
|
|
| Snoozeville |
|
|
| Dimwitted |
|
|
| Like lackluster show |
|
|
| Like watching paint dry |
|
|
| Hard to cut with |
|
|
| In need of sharpening |
|
|
| Uninteresting |
|
|
| Boring |
|
|
| Blah |
|
|
| Boring |
|
|
| Far from vivid |
|
|
| Boring |
|
|
| Take the edge off |
|
|
| Boring |
|
|
| Uninteresting, like a show |
|
|
| Like dishwater |
|
|
| Needing sharpening |
|
|
| Causing yawning |
|
|
| Not sharp |
|
|
| Like dishwater |
|
|
| Far from scintillating |
|
|
| Not sharp |
|
|
| Boring |
|
|
| Needing stropping |
|
|
| Not the life of the party |
|
|
| Unlike the life of the party |
|
|
| Yawn-provoking |
|
|
| Desensitize |
|
|
| Lackluster |
|
|
| Unlike the life of the party |
|
|
| Without an edge |
|
|
| Like dishwater? |
|
|
| Yawn-provoking |
|
|
| Needing stropping |
|
|
| In need of honing |
|
|
| Lackluster |
|
|
| Humdrum |
|
|
| Unable to cut it? |
|
|
| Blunt |
|
|
| Needing stropping |
|
|
| Lackluster |
|
|
| Jejune |
|
|
| Pedestrian |
|
|
| Like dishwater |
|
|
| Lackluster |
|
|
| Yawn-inducing |
|
|
| Lackluster |
|
|
| Ho-hum |
|
|
| Slow-witted |
|
|
| Boring |
|
|
| Incapable of cutting it? |
|
|
| Uninteresting |
|
|
| Needing polish |
|
|
| Jejune |
|
|
| Jejune |
|
|
| Yawn-provoking |
|
|
| Obtuse |
|
|
| Not acute |
|
|
| Like watching paint dry |
|
|
| Ho-hum |
|
|
| Dry-as-dust |
|
|
| In need of sharpening |
|
|
| Not very bright |
|
|
| Far from bright |
|
|
| Lackluster |
|
|
| Blunted |
|
|
| Unoriginal |
|
|
| Fit to be stropped |
|
|
| Like a matte finish |
|
|
| Like dishwater |
|
|
| Not sharp |
|
|
| Eliciting yawns perhaps |
|
|
| Boring! |
|
|
| Uninteresting |
|
|
| Desensitize |
|
|
| Same old same old |
|
|
| Overcast |
|
|
| Yawn-provoking |
|
|
| Yawn-provoking |
|
|
| A real yawner |
|
|
| Tedious |
|
|
| Listless |
|
|
| Lackluster |
|
|
| Like certain blades |
|
|
| Blunt |
|
|
| Slack |
|
|
| Tedious |
|
|
| Dishwaterlike |
|
|
| Torpid |
|
|
| Obtuse |
|
|
| Sluggish |
|
|
| Matte |
|
|
| Jejune |
|
|
| Bromidic |
|
|
| Obtund or obtuse |
|
|
| Boring |
|
|
| Not sharp |
|
|
| Insipid |
|
|
| Obtund |
|
|
| Beef-witted |
|
|
| Tiresome |
|
|
| Word for a playless Jack |
|
|
| Doltish |
|
|
| Cloudy. |
|
|
| Snooze-worthy |
|
|
| Lifeless |
|
|
| Pedestrian. |
|
|
| Jejune. |
|
|
| Boring. |
|
|
| Blunt. |
|
|
| Figuratively, like dishwater. |
|
|
| Lackluster. |
|
|
| Humdrum. |
|
|
| Uninteresting. |
|
|
| Devoid of spark. |
|
|
| Tedious. |
|
|
| Dreary. |
|
|
| Like some knives |
|
|