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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise: arid, aseptic, colorless, drab, dry, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, unimaginative, uninspired. See EXCITE. 2. Short, heavy, and solidly built: blocky, chunky, compact1, dumpy, heavyset, squat, stocky, stubby, stumpy, thick, thickset. See FAT. 3. Having a dense or viscous consistency: gelatinous, heavy, thick. See SOLID.
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