Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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dull | No | Yes | Yes | No |
business | Yes | No | No | No |
dull (noun) | business (noun) |
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the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | |
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects | |
the volume of commercial activity | |
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect | |
an immediate objective | |
a rightful concern or responsibility | |
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it | |
customers collectively | |
business concerns collectively |
dull (adjective) | business (adjective) |
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not having a sharp edge or point | |
emitting or reflecting very little light | |
lacking in liveliness or animation | |
not keenly felt | |
darkened with overcast | |
(of business) not active or brisk | |
blunted in responsiveness or sensibility | |
being or made softer or less loud or clear | |
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity | |
not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft | |
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted | |
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness |
dull (verb) | business (verb) |
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become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness | |
make less lively or vigorous | |
become less interesting or attractive | |
make dull in appearance | |
make dull or blunt | |
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping | |
make numb or insensitive |