dullness

1. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being slow of understanding things.

   тупоумиеtupoumije, ту́постьtúpostʹ

   the quality of being slow to understand

2. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome.

   вя́лостьvjálostʹ

3. (uncountable, usually)Lack of interest or excitement.

   lack of sensibility

4. (uncountable, usually)The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen.

   dullness of autumn

   ту́склостьtúsklostʹ, ма́товостьmátovostʹ, нея́ркостьnejárkostʹ

   a lack of visual brightness

5. (uncountable, usually)Bluntness.

   затупле́ниеzatuplénije, туповатостьtupovatostʹ

6. (uncountable, usually)The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly.

   dullness of sight, or of hearing

7. (archaic, uncountable, usually)Drowsiness.

1. I’ve had enough of life’s dullness.

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2. Is the fact that the meaning of our own sentences escapes us a sign of ingenuity or dullness?

   deIst die Tatsache, dass uns der Sinn unserer eigenen Sätze entgeht ein Zeichen der Genialität oder des Stumpfsinns?

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• dulnessalternative archaic