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Discover LudwigThe phrase "lackluster design" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a design that is dull, uninspired, or lacking in brilliance or vitality. Example: "The product failed to attract customers due to its lackluster design, which did not stand out in a competitive market."
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Tokuo Fukuichi, who was named Toyota's chief designer last year, said that the lackluster design was the product of a consensus-driven process that tried to please everybody and therefore excited no one.
But the phone was criticized for its lackluster design.
In other cases, however, the seemingly noble aim of working within a neighborhood's character leads to lackluster design.
If there was technical virtuosity in Jean Paul Gaultier's leather jackets and crocodile coats, the motorcycle-gang theme and lackluster design effort obscured it.
With its flawed acoustics and lackluster design, Avery Fisher is the Shea Stadium of classical music -- a place of business, not a landmark destination.
So while James Cross Giblin's latest, carefully researched biography, "The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy," may not always make for exciting reading (and is marred by lackluster design), it is nonetheless timely and significant.
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In 1998, it sold 90,000 cars in the United States, its image damaged by shoddy workmanship and lackluster designs.
But Graff couldn't convince London's top jewelers to buy his competent but lackluster designs.
In other words, Microsoft's lackluster GPU design causes the console to overheat, leading to the red ring of death.
Same lackluster features, same design.
Some of its troubles stem from the emergence of new competitors that have beaten the company at its own game, but much of what ails the Gap is self-inflicted, the result of distracted management, overaggressive store expansion and lackluster merchandising, marketing and design.
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