unbright

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbright
Adjective
  • Advertisement Advertisement In the natural pecking order of things, friendships can become lackluster.
    Priya Vulchi, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The initial drop in mortgage rates last week had housing watchers cheering a potential boost to the lackluster spring market.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In a dim, cavelike hut where Nam lives with his mother, Hoa (Nguyen Thi Nga), a TV blares the names of soldiers who were killed during the war, in the nineteen-seventies, but whose remains were never found.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
  • OLEDs completely avoid this with their ability to individually brighten, dim, and turn off pixels.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The United States has its own bans (e.g., on dusky sharks) but effectiveness varies by gear type and enforcement.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • These and other prairie plants provide an ideal habitat for hundreds of pollinators and insect species including bunchgrass skippers and dreamy dusky wing butterflies.
    Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In its time open, fueled by fans of its blackened mahi and buttery lobster rolls, owner Mike Smith has expanded his footprint, moving into a larger stall in the popular food hall — which has allowed for a menu expansion, as well.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2022
  • There are no glamorous furnishings — just a French window, its blackened panes suggesting the dark of night.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
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“Unbright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbright. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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