lame
Example Sentences
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I suppose you could keep the plate umpires around for aesthetics, let them keep the mask and call foul tips and hit batters, but that’s lame.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Determining the points at which past Fed chairs became lame ducks is not an exact science, needless to say.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
Saying the house is like a character too sounds a bit lame.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Bondi and her communications staff keep making lame excuses for the delay, which almost no one is buying.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026
“Good eve, Brother Crookshanks!” he cried, laughing as if it had been a great joke to be lame.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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