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lame

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Adjective

lame

boring; unimpressive

C2 rank #11,979

Meanings

Adjective
  1. boring; unimpressive
  2. unskilled; useless

Example sentence

Ich wollte nicht sagen, dass das, was die machen, total lame ist.

I didn’t want to say that what they are doing is totally lame.

Usage

  • Das ist lame. — That is lame or unimpressive; an informal English borrowing
  • lame / langweilig — lame is informal slang; langweilig is a neutral alternative when boring is meant
Extra sentence

Den vorhersehbaren Schluss fand er ziemlich lame.

He found the predictable ending rather lame.