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Mosja Posted 7 years ago
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Does "dull" also mean "useless"?

I told the teacher that his class was dull but he thought that I said his class was useless but I meant "very boring". Come on education is not useless.


Does "dull" also mean "useless"?

  

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mosja Does "dull" also mean "useless"? Yes. A dull knife does not cut anything.

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  • mosja Does "dull" also mean "useless"?
  • Yes.
  • A dull knife does not cut anything.
  • It is useless as a knife.
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mosjaDoes "dull" also mean "useless"?

Yes. A dull knife does not cut anything. It is useless as a knife.

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mosjaI told the teacher that his class was dull but he thought that I said his class was useless

Does your teacher have difficulty with his hearing? Or were you speaking very softly? The word "dull" doesn't sound anything like the word "useless".

I'm sure there are plenty of chemistry books that are dull, but if you're a pharmacist they can be very

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