"lackluster activity" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to an activity that is dull, unimpressive, or lacking in enthusiasm or energy. Example: After weeks of unproductive and lackluster activity, the team finally stepped up their game and achieved their sales targets.
"Outside the factory sector, the economy is hardly growing, largely because of continued weakness in construction and lackluster retail activity," Sal Guatieri of BMO Capital Markets said in a note to investors.
The rising confidence of multinational corporations follows several years in which foreign direct investment in Europe slumped, hampered by lackluster economic activity, weakness in the region's banking system, worries about a Greek default and fears that all these troubles could ignite a second Lehman-like liquidity crisis in global markets.
"It's lackluster action," says Basel noting the light volume.
The Iraq war kept U.S. consumers wary in March and early April, leaving overall economic activity "lackluster," the Federal Reserve said in a report Wednesday.
Though the Japanese economy is likely to rebound in the first quarter after a slight contraction in the last three months of 2010, activity remains lackluster compared with that of its fast-growing Asian neighbors.
Others struggled to gain traction, with one board member describing his board's clinical governance activities as "lackluster" and "needing a good shake-up" (board member, rural).
With scant merger-and- acquisition activity and a lackluster stock and bond market so far this year, investment banks are beginning to feel a pinch that may be much more painful than some of the cuts that came in the fall.
However, the mice in the model group exhibited depression, reduced activity, and a lackluster coat, all of which are typical manifestations of diabetes.
