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lustreless
adjective
(chiefly UK)
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Not so easily perceived is the relation of this hard-water scum to a dull, lustreless condition of hair after shampooing, yellow spots on laundry after ironing, and a heavy usage of soap in the household.
The deficiency of iron-containing enzymes in the tissues, if sufficiently great, results in a smooth tongue; brittle, flattened fingernails; and lustreless hair.
Pearls formed in edible oysters are lustreless and of no value.
A lustreless, unimpressed little group stood there: mouths were set like those of mothers who observe the delinquency of next door's horrible little Dennis, eyelids droops and unseeing gazes fixed upon some indifferent object in the middle distance.
These are quick-drying, lustreless paints miscible with turpentine and universally sold in tubes and cans for sign painting and decorative work.
The rest... Came home to happiness the Achaeans could not know; Their wives, their children.... Though surely the wise man will forever shrink from war, Yet if war come, the hero's death will lay a wreath Not lustreless on the city.
As Juliette, in the French film "I've Loved You So Long," Scott Thomas is first seen in closeup, without makeup, her hair lustreless, her expression blank but tense.
I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG As Juliette, Kristin Scott Thomas is first seen in closeup without makeup, her hair lustreless, her expression blank but tense.
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