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Lackluster


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Lacklustre

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A group of economists told the Wall Street Journal that is exactly what is happening : They blame our lackluster recovery this year on a pullback in spending and investment by US companies, which are afraid that the fallout from a fiscal cliff could compromise their ability to find funding or function normally.
  • (2) But leaders in both parties warned that a prolonged shutdown, and an associated decline in economic activity, could damage the lackluster economic recovery.
  • (3) Paraguay defeated Jamaica 1-0 Tuesday in a lackluster Group B match at the Copa América , giving the South Americans four points from their first two matches.
  • (4) Thank goodness for Kyrie Irving because without him this would have been one of the more lackluster All-Star Weekends in recent memory.
  • (5) The NSL rollback may have been the most sweeping recommendation made by the otherwise lackluster “review group”.
  • (6) An expert on the job markets, Yellen has been a staunch ally of Bernanke as he has tried to use low interest rates and QE to reanimate the US’s still-lackluster job market.
  • (7) Despite their lackluster results this year, GOP Super Pacs have far out-raised their Democratic counterparts, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
  • (8) Even as he faces a major new crisis and weeks of bad news to overcome – a lackluster GOP convention; deeply negative views of his handling of the attack in Libya; dissension in the campaign ranks – Romney is maintaining a remarkably light campaign schedule, York writes : He had one public appearance on his schedule Monday, Sept. 17, a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles.
  • (9) Many of the production numbers were lackluster (an ecstatic duet between Jesse Mueller and Carole King excepted), though the dancing was of a very high order.
  • (10) However, lackluster consumer spending and inflation data on Monday curbed investor bets on when the next rate rise will be.
  • (11) Saturday Night Live: a lackluster episode as show comes to terms with Trump Read more When someone fits the bill, the show will bring that person back often, and Emma Stone seems poised to becoming a regular.
  • (12) Adding to his problems, Pryor's approval ratings are lackluster.
  • (13) While the media hysteria over Obama's lackluster performance is overstated, this strategy was a big political mistake.
  • (14) The answer is not for Obama to be aggressive as a means of over-compensating for his lackluster performance in Denver (a la Al Gore in 2000) but rather keep things as simple as possible.
  • (15) The president's overall job performance is similarly lackluster , with 43% approving, and 52 % disapproving.
  • (16) The lackluster start to the week comes as America's fragile economic recovery faces another crucial test as major US firms report their first-quarter earnings.
  • (17) 12.29am BST Half time thoughts Well that was perhaps predictably lackluster from the USA, with only the slightly anxious contribution of Johannsson standing out, as he showed neat touches to make a couple of half chances only for nerves to apparently get the better of him.
  • (18) Normally by the 82nd game of the regular season, the post-season seedings are set and the starters are resting in preparation for the playoffs, with fan support lackluster if they even show up at all.
  • (19) The Federal Reserve should keep in mind the lackluster growth we’ve seen throughout 2015 and continue to let the economy recover,” said Elise Gould , senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
  • (20) A number of donors to Jeb Bush’s campaign were reportedly jittery about sticking by him even before Wednesday’s lackluster performance in the Republican debate , but in the fierce competition among GOP presidential candidates to win seven- or eight-figure checks from multibillionaire businessman Sheldon Adelson, Marco Rubio has already emerged as the frontrunner, the Guardian can reveal.

Meh


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In dogs, H1-receptor stimulation with 2-MeH induced pulmonary vasoconstriction, and a decrease in cardiac output.
  • (2) Assays were optimized for time, pH, and temperature, using trans-stilbene oxide (TSO) and cis-stilbene oxide (CSO) as substrates for cEH and mEH, respectively.
  • (3) PGE1, PGF2alpha and 4-methylhistamine (4-MeH: a relatively specific H2-receptor agonist) contract pulmonary arterial strips but further increase in the dose of PGE1 produces relaxation.
  • (4) Gathering fasting and TPN data MEH excretion was significantly related to both body (r = 0.89) and muscle (r = 0.73) NB, that were highly related to each other (r = 0.93), being muscle always worse than body NB.
  • (5) The reaction from Wall Street traders is more often along the lines of "meh".
  • (6) Thus, the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis is involved in the regulation of mEH but the regulation of the cEH enzyme remains unclear.
  • (7) In microsomal fractions, enzyme activities measured were pentoxyresorufin O-dealkylase (PROD), ethoxyresorufin O-dealkylase (EROD), and epoxide hydrolase (mEH).
  • (8) Using benzo[alpha]pyrene-4,5-oxide as substrate, mEH enzymatic activity is shown to correlate closely with tissue levels of mEH mRNA.
  • (9) The study demonstrates that the balance between activation of CBZ by the cytochrome P450 enzymes to a chemically reactive arene oxide metabolite and its detoxification by mEH and GSH may contribute to individual susceptibility to CBZ idiosyncratic toxicity.
  • (10) Thus, the pituitary appears to be important in the developmental induction of mEH but not cEH.
  • (11) 'Hermless, hermless, there's never nae bather fae me, I go to the library, I tak oot a book, and then I go hame for meh tea.'"
  • (12) Immunoblot analyses revealed that hepatic mEH levels in males increased in an age-dependent manner, with a maximal increase (approximately 3-fold) being noted at 44 weeks of age, whereas the expression of hepatic mEH in females decreased significantly at 14 weeks of age or older, by approximately 70%s, compared with that of 4-week-old rats.
  • (13) The possible role of the secretion from the Mehlis' gland in egg-shell formation is discussed.
  • (14) The excretion of the amino acid 3-methylhistidine (3-MeH), an indicator of muscle protein breakdown, and urea nitrogen loss were measured in the urine collected the day before, and on the 2nd and 4th postoperative days.
  • (15) Urinary excretion of urea nitrogen and 3-methylhistidine (3-MeH) after surgery was significantly lower in the warmed group compared with the cold group (P less than 0.05).
  • (16) These results provide evidence that the imidazole antimycotic agents induce mEH and that the mEH induction involves large increases in mRNA, with transcriptional activation.
  • (17) Morphological studies revealed the following major characteristics for 35 day-old worms: the mean length of the terminal segment accounted for 54% of the total worm length; the position of the sexually mature segment was always terminal; the female reproductive system possessed an elongated ovary with compact lobules; the female ducts were also compact; the Mehlis' gland was covered by the vitelline gland and the testes were distributed throughout the segment, with 1 row posterior to the vitelline gland.
  • (18) We have assessed the effects of glutamine (Gln) availability on protein breakdown in perfused rat hindlimb by measuring net phenylalanine (Phe) production (an index of protein balance), the dilution of [15N]Phe labelling (an index of mixed protein breakdown) and rate of production of 3-methylhistidine (3-MeH) (an index of myofibrillar breakdown).
  • (19) Clotrimazole, however, maintained the activated mEH transcription rate at 24 hr after treatment, exhibiting a 11-fold increase, compared with control.
  • (20) Immunoblot analyses revealed that administration of either ketoconazole or clotrimazole caused a approximately 4-5-fold increase in mEH levels, whereas either miconazole or econazole resulted in a approximately 7-fold increase in mEH at day 3 after treatment.