At Does Lackluster Mean?

: lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull, mediocre The actor gave a lackluster performance.

Can you call someone lackluster?

If you describe something or someone as lackluster, you mean that they are not exciting or energetic. He has already been blamed for his party's lackluster performance during the election campaign.

What does lackluster mean from Shakespeare?

Lackluster is a compound adjective that means what it sounds like: if something is lackluster it lacks luster; in other words, it is without brilliance, shine, or vitality. ... Shakespeare gave us the compound lackluster, first using the term in his play As You Like It.