Sentence examples for performance was lackluster from inspiring English sources

In earlier years, Mr. Seidenberg received sizable pay increases even when the company's performance was lackluster.

His former hedge fund, Old Lane, was just a year old in 2007, and its performance was lackluster.

Having proved that a starter can have sustained success in Texas, Wilson, 30, is in line for a big payday, even if his postseason performance was lackluster.

At Deutsche Bank, Mr. Mitchell rewarded loyalty well, coercing his own management into giving his people bonuses and raises even in years when performance was lackluster.

Yet performance was lackluster: nationwide, more than half of large public pension funds outperformed the five city funds' combined 4.84 percent return from 2002 through 2009, according to a widely used yardstick compiled by Wilshire Associates, an investment advisory firm.

Meanwhile, software makers helped pull the Nasdaq down after Microsoft on Tuesday said it relied on investment gains to bolster its quarterly profits, while its operations performance was lackluster.

Your son's performance is lackluster, but any good that comes from your tattling will be outweighed by his resulting resentment.

But Wall Street needs to know more about Procter, whose stock performance is lackluster, trailing the S&P 500 over the past five years.

Despite the better revenue number, Alcoa's stock performance Wednesday was lackluster.

This holds true on Wall Street too, where bank performance this year was lackluster.

England's performance against Belgium was lackluster and defensive with Belgium having most of the possession.