how to pronounce dull

/dʌl/

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dull is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of dull in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… it's quite dull and that's actually …”

meaning of dull

Dull means not interesting or lively.

dull frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word dull occurs in english on average 18.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dull can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dull can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) life, nature, and living environment;